This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
West Point Flag Museum Displays Historic Colors
The West Point museum showcases flags spanning American history from the Revolution to the Spanish American War. Among the treasures are British and Hessian colors once owned by Washington, Regimental and national banners from Vera Cruz to Gettysburg, and a handkerchief flag from the Philippine expedition, each with storied pasts and famed bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Arch Street
Elizabeth Griscom Ross
Betsy Ross
Fort McHenry
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
National Museum
Washington
Key
Old City Cemetery
Nashville
Tenn
William Driver
New England
United States Military Academy
West Point
George Wreshington
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington Parke Custis
Martha Washington Custis
War Department
Floyd
Trenton
George Washington
Ansbach-Bayreuth
Cornwallis
Seventh Royal Fusiliers
Seventh
Royal Fusiliers
Fort Chambly
Anthony” Wayne
Stony Point
New York
Torr
Butler
Rangers
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Fort George
Upper Canada
St. George's Cross
Sir John Johnson
Willett
Fort Stanwix
Scott and
Taylor
Rio Grande
Longstreet
Pickett
Gettysburg
Legion
Sheridan
Cavalry
Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac
Fifth Cavalry
Ephriam Elmer Eisworth
Marshall House
Alexandria
Eisworth
Ellsworth
United States Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Beem
Choreh
Military Academy
Wright
Philippines
Western
Unter