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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: April 13, 2014
Caption: Section of the Marshall House Flag
Additional Description: “Alexandria innkeeper James Jackson raised the city's first Confederate flag over the Marshall House in April of 1861 after hearing news of the Virginia Convention's act to adopt a state ordinance of secession. Made by an Alexandria sailmaker and his family, the flag was patterned after the “Stars and Bars,” with red and white bars and a circle of seven stars on a blue field. An eighth star was added in the center for Virginia. Can you see the stain on a portion of the star? It is believed to be Elmer Ellsworth's blood. The largest section of the Marshall house flag is in the historical collections of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs.” — Fort Ward Museum.
Submitted: February 21, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p300791
File Size: 2.701 Megabytes

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