Framed flowers from Fort Sumter flag raising
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1865
label: associated date
content: 1865-04-14
name: label: referenced
content: Anderson, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Framed flowers, part of a bouquet attached to the American national flag raised over Fort Sumter by Brevet Major General Robert Anderson on April 14th, 1865. The small wreath of flowers is arranged around the phrase "Ft. Sumter / April 14, 1865" written in ink on a piece of paper in an oval-cut matte, covered in a glass and wood frame. A label on the frame is printed with "R, No. 10". This object is part of the General Edward D. Townsend Collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: South Carolina, Sullivan's Island, Fort Sumter National Monument
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Civil War memorialization
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. E. M. Chapman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18975
label: accession number
content: 62555
label: catalog number
content: 18975
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wreath, Part of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (glass material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (matte material)
label: Physical Description
content: flowers (flowers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 38.1 cm x 33.655 cm x 3.175 cm