Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the ... This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History ...

the scene of some of the bloodiest battles when Allied forces stormed the Normandy coast of France in World War II. The Dallas auction house said the flag was planted by Columbus, Ohio bartender ...

The 190 streamers attached to the Army Flag staff denote campaigns ... came to prominence in the Civil War when Army organizations embroidered the names of battles on their organizational colors.

Four were recognized for taking up their regimental flags from wounded or killed ... Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves better.