Flag used at the burial of Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps
date: label: Date
content: 2011
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Troy Sunshade Company, American, founded 1887
label: Used by
content: Michael W. Hawkes Funeral Home, American
label: Subject of
content: Louise Virginia Lomax, American, 1920 - 2011
notes: label: Caption
content: Louise Lomax was born in January 1920 in Nottoway, Virginia, to James and Annie Shepperson Lomax. She graduated from the Saint Philip Hospital School of Nursing in September 1942 and joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in 1943 as a 2nd Lieutenant. During World War II, Lt. Lomax was stationed at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, home of the Tuskegee Airmen, where she was eventually promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
label: Caption
content: After the war, Lt. Lomax went on to serve at Lockbourne Army Air Base in Ohio; at Provident Hospital in Baltimore; at VA hospitals in Downey, Illinois, and Perry Point, Maryland; and finally at the Army’s Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan. Lt. Lomax retired from active duty in March 1949 and transferred to the Reserve Corps. She served in the reserves for four years before she was honorably discharged from the ANC in April 1953.
label: Caption
content: Lomax married John Winters, a Methodist minister, in November 1954. They had one daughter, Pia Winters Jordan. As a civilian, Lomax worked as a psychiatric nurse at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., before retiring in June 1973. She passed away in April 2011 and was buried at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Crewe, Virginia.
label: Description
content: Ceremonial United States flag used in the burial of Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps.
label: Description
content: The flag is folded into a triangle with the stars of the flag on top. The flag is inside a zippered, plastic bag. One side of the bag is clear, and the flag is visible. The other side of the bag is blue and has the Michael W. Hawkes Funeral Home logo and contact information printed in yellow in a repeating horizontal pattern.
place: label: Place used
content: Amelia, Amelia County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Nursing
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pia Marie Winters Jordan in memory of her mother, First Lieutenant Louise Virginia Lomax Winters, Army Nurse Corps; and her uncle, Sgt. Henry James Lomax, U.S. Army
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.42.8
objectType: label: Type
content: flags
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton (textile) and thread with plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 3/16 × 23 13/16 × 4 in. (31 × 60.5 × 10.2 cm)