Post by: AngelOfThyNight on June 14, 2016, 09:29:14 PM
Winds over the Great Basin first waved a 36-star U.S. flag in the autumn months of 1864 at a place soldiers there described as the “worst post in the West.”Several months before the 36-star banner became official on July 4, 1865, Nevada volunteer soldiers at Fort Ruby — a remote outback post in White Pine County — hand-painted Old Glory on cloth and raised the colors immediately following Nevada statehood. That flag, which resides in “The Vault” at Nevada State Archives, will be on display at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for the Nevada National Guard’s 18th annual Flag Day and U.S. …
Source: Rare flag to be part of Carson City Flag Day ceremony (http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/local/22400377-113/rare-flag-to-be-part-of-carson-city?utm_source=swift_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss-referrals&utm_section=Local)