Printed flag on silk, 15.5 x 23.5 in., framed, 21 x 36 in. Two handwritten notes accompany the flag, smaller one reads: "Flag used to salute Gen Grant, when he reviewed the Republican parade in Utica – 1880. It was on John St. At the residence of Roscoe Conkling." Ca 1880. In the fall of 1880, from the balcony of Roscoe Conklin’s house in the city of Utica (John Street), General U.S. Grant received a grand torch-light procession of the Republicans- a procession in which the students of Colgate (then Madison) University marched. Thomas Broxholm writes in one of the accompanying notes, "When Grant’s sharp eye caught sight of the large transparency that revealed the identity of our student company, his face was pleasantly lighted up, he uncovered his head, and graciously bowed, the boys enthusiastically rending the air with their college yell. I had this little flag with me in the procession. Many of the boys had brought them that day, and worn them as neckties. A man that fought so indomitably for the flag, ought to be saluted with it. So I saluted Grant with it. He has gone, but this flag is here." Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1822. A West Point graduate and outstanding military figure, he served from 1869-77 as the nation’s eighteenth president. Grant’s middle name was ‘Ulysses’ not Simpson as frequently reported; he admitted that the ‘S’ in his name had no meaning. Provenance:J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags Condition: Flag with partial areas of separation, including canton and area near top right edge of flag. Few minor stains. Otherwise very good condition.
Printed flag on silk, 15.5 x 23.5 in., framed, 21 x 36 in. Two handwritten notes accompany the flag, smaller one reads: "Flag used to salute Gen Grant, when he reviewed the Republican parade in Utica – 1880. It was on John St. At the residence of Roscoe Conkling." Ca 1880. In the fall of 1880, from the balcony of Roscoe Conklin’s house in the city of Utica (John Street), General U.S. Grant received a grand torch-light procession of the Republicans- a procession in which the students of Colgate (then Madison) University marched. Thomas Broxholm writes in one of the accompanying notes, "When Grant’s sharp eye caught sight of the large transparency that revealed the identity of our student company, his face was pleasantly lighted up, he uncovered his head, and graciously bowed, the boys enthusiastically rending the air with their college yell. I had this little flag with me in the procession. Many of the boys had brought them that day, and worn them as neckties. A man that fought so indomitably for the flag, ought to be saluted with it. So I saluted Grant with it. He has gone, but this flag is here." Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1822. A West Point graduate and outstanding military figure, he served from 1869-77 as the nation’s eighteenth president. Grant’s middle name was ‘Ulysses’ not Simpson as frequently reported; he admitted that the ‘S’ in his name had no meaning. Provenance:J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags Condition: Flag with partial areas of separation, including canton and area near top right edge of flag. Few minor stains. Otherwise very good condition.
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