Eagle in Canton Flag
date: label: date made
content: ca 1830
label: associated date
content: 1830 - 1840
label: associated date
content: ca 1822 - 1836
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Cloth of red and white stripes. The blue canton features a painted eagle.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This flag is reputed to have been used in the Indian Wars. The United States often presented flags, sometimes called "Indian Peace Flags" to friendly Indian nations. These flags featured a coat-of-arms including the image of an eagle in their cantons.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.40498
label: catalog number
content: 40498
label: accession number
content: 143646
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flag
label: Object Name
content: flag, framed
label: Other Terms
content: flag; Military; Militia
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 in x 77 1/2 in; 119.38 cm x 196.85 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 1/2 ft x 70 ft; 14.1732 m x 21.336 m