Earth Day Flag
date: label: date made
content: 1969-1970
notes: label: Description
content: Students at the Lanphier High School in Springfield, Illinois, carried this flag in a procession to the Illinois State Capitol on the first National Earth Day, on April 22, 1970. The flag, which measures 61 by 36.5 inches, has green stripes symbolizing a clean Earth, white stripes symbolizing clean air, and the Greek letter theta symbolizing death. LHS science teacher Ray Bruzan turned Room 308 into the school’s “Environmental Action Center” during the 1969-70 school year. The flag was sewn by the mother of one of his students.
topic: label: associated subject
content: Environmental Movement
label: associated subject
content: Environmental Movement
label: related event
content: Earth Day
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Raymond Bruzan, Lanphier High School, Springfield, Illinois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0146.01
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0146.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flag, Earth Day
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 91.4 cm x 151.1 cm; x 36 in x 59 1/2 in