| Object ID |
2006.0008.119 |
| Accession# |
2006.0008 |
| Object Name |
Certificate, Commemorative |
| Description |
A commemorative certificate stating that a flag was given to the G.A.R. Hall that flew over the Capitol Building. It reads: "This is to certify that the flag presented with this certificate was flown over the Capitol of the United States especially for presentation to G.A.R. Hall, Peninsula, Ohio." |
| Date |
1965 |
| Search Terms |
G.A.R. Hall
Grand Army of the Republic
Peninsula
Commemoration
Flags
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Building |
| Collection |
Robert L. Hunker G.A.R. Collection |
| People |
Hunker, Robert L.
Ayres, William Hanes |
| Subjects |
Commemoration
Flags |
| Catalog date |
03/23/2007 |
| Catalog type |
History |
| Collector |
Robert L. Hunker |
| Count |
1 |
| Credit line |
Robert L. Hunker |
| Dimension notes |
Frame is new, made by Art Gilly, Jr. in the Hunker Associates Inc. design firm's workshop. Gold wood and gesso with navy blue inner mat and red outer mat. 13.5" x 18.5" x 1" |
| Dimensions |
W-8.5 L-11 inches |
| Home Location |
G.A.R. Hall Museum |
| Material |
Paper/Ink |
| Notes |
Congressman William H. Ayres was a personal friend of the Hunker family, particularly Bess E. Hunker, Robert L. Hunker's mother, who was then president of the Women's Republican Club. |
| Owned |
Robert L. Hunker |
| Provenance |
Presented to Robert L. Hunker about 1965 by Republican Congressman William H. Ayres for this district. |
| Recfrom |
Hunker G.A.R. Collection |
| Site |
G.A.R. Hall Museum |
| Site # |
31 |
