Flag From Eisenhower's Funeral Train
date: label: date made
content: 1969
label: date made
content: ca 1969
label: used date
content: 1969 03 29 through 1969 04 02
name: label: associated person
content: Eisenhower, Dwight D.
notes: label: Description
content: This flag, known as the Presidential Flag, accompanied President Eisenhower's coffin on its funeral procession in 1969. It was used at the head of the casket when it lay at the Washington National Cathedral, the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, the interior of the funeral train and in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower's final resting place. The flags then returned to Washington, D.C. on the train with the funeral party.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Funerals
label: general subject association
content: National Symbols
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
label: See more items in
content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of the Army
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.285507.01
label: catalog number
content: 285507.01
label: accession number
content: 285507
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flag, Presidential
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 71 in x 58 in; 180.34 cm x 147.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: fringe: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm