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Iowa destroys eight mold damaged Civil War flags
Iowa officials disposed of eight Grand Army of the Republic flags damaged by mold and sewage more than 25 years ago after a long de accession. The flags dated to the early 1900s and likely served as graveside memorials. The state moved its museum collections in Des Moines and the flags were deemed too degraded to save. The remaining GAR flags in the collection are kept in cabinets and four other GAR flags survive.
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Iowa
Pat Palmersheim
Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs
Grand Army of the Republic
Ola Babcock Miller
E. Locust St
Des Moines
Jerome Thompson
Thompson
State
Historical Society Board
49Th
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa Legislative Services Agency
David Lamb
Lamb
American Legion
GAR
Woodland Cemetery
Col
Robert King
King
Babcock Building