I have a 48 star flag that my Father bought in 1941 (I believe around 12/10-15/41). He mounted it on a 1 1/2” staff he hand worked, with a draw knife, from a piece of lumber. It was first flown in our church through out WW2 and Korean War. after that I took pocession and returned it to our family. It was flown on all National Holidays until 2008 at which time I returned it to it’s case and will not fly it again. Sometime soon, I will have a select group of Veterans properly burn it. The mate to this flag was the Christian flag, which my Maternal Grandmother bought, to stand with the 48 star flag. It is still at my parents church.
I will be purchasing a Gadsden Flag soon! To mount on the staff my father made in 1941, when I was just a 6 year old boy.
GOD BLESS THE USA!