Did you realize that during the Civil War, 1861-1865, the Confederacy adopted three different flags?
This is a link to the website of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, and you can learn all about the different flags there. http://www.moc.org/collections-archives/flags-confederacy I do know that the one we see most often, and think it represents the Confederacy, is an incorrect assumption on our part. That one, the one we most often think of, was only the battle flag.
Dale Ryan, a member of the local SAR group, will be one part of our November 1st program. He'll be bringing examples of some different flags and teaching us about them.
A speaker from Honor Flight will be there, too, along with EWGS member Patty Harrison to explain our EWGS Civil War Ancestors' Units project.
Meeting starts at 12:30 with Coffee, Cookies & Conversation at the downtown Spokane Public Library. All interested genealogists are invited!
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