Streamer for Armed Forces Expeditions, Panama 1989-1990 Campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1989-1990
name: label: Created by
content: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
label: Issued by
content: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
notes: label: Caption
content: This streamer belonged to General Colin Powell and was awarded for his participation in the U.S. invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause (1989-1990). As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell oversaw the effort to depose General Manuel Noriega, head of the Panama Defense Forces.
label: Caption
content: Campaign streamers, also called battle streamers, are attached to military flags to recognize participation in a military event or the award of a military commendation.
label: Description
content: An Armed Forces Expeditions, Panama 1989-1990 campaign streamer, owned by General Colin L. Powell. This forked lengthy rayon battle streamer was awarded to General Powell for his leadership, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the United States military intervention which took place in Panama between 1990 and 1991. The streamer is designed with double-sided horizontal colors featuring a green border and wide bright blue center striped in the middle with red, white, and dark blue. On either side of the center are narrow stripe groups of black, brown, and yellow. Large white embroidery sewn between each black stripe on the front of the streamer depicts the words “PANAMA 1989-1990”. A brass grommet hole for hanging is positioned at the center top end of the streamer and there is no additional embroidery on the reverse of the streamer.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Panama, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.1.10
objectType: label: Type
content: banners
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: rayon with silk and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 37 × 2 7/8 in. (94 × 7.3 cm)