In this week’s RAIN Archives Part 1 Peter posted the story:
The Times 02/04/02
Civil War battle flags rotting in old state office building
Commission hopes to preserve state treasures, but it's short on cash.
By The Associated Press
Posted on Monday, February 4, 2002
SPRINGFIELD -- One of the nation's largest collections of Civil War battle
flags is in decay, and state officials are trying to buy some time to prevent
them from being lost forever.
http://www.thetimesonline.com/index.pl/article?id=12016378
Archivist
finding this story enlightening may also be interested in the exhibition of
Texas battleflags on display at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. It includes flags of Texas units, the
Mexican army, Colored Troops, etc.
Click on the flag icon at this address:
http://www.mfah.org/default.html