The Lincoln assassination flags

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kees, T. S. Good writes in "We Saw Lincoln Shot": "...the Ford's had the front of the presidental box decorated with four American flags, two on poles at either side of the box and two draped over the front edge. American flags were short in supply because of postwar celebrations, so the Fords decorated the middle column of the box with a blue Treasury Guards flag."
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