The
Maryland Historical Society recently unveiled a new Civil War history exhibit, and the Sun's Jacques Kelly has the full story.
"An 89-year-old Arizona man worried that no one showed interest in a U.S. flag hand-stitched by his grandmother and her mother 150 years ago.
By chance, his concerns found their way to the Maryland Historical Society, where a curator said her eyes filled with tears as she gently unwrapped the rare, homemade 34-star flag that flew above a West Baltimore street during the Civil War.
"I had this feeling this was something special, extraordinary," said Alexandra Deutsch, the society's chief curator. "When I received it, I was overwhelmed. It was one of those amazing moments in every curator's life. It is a Baltimore story, an everyday story that is nevertheless totally remarkable."
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