Flag of the 9th Regiment of United States Volunteers

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This blue silk flag and pole with finial were used by the 9th Regiment US Volunteers during the Spanish-American War. The flag (a) has a dark blue silk satin ground. An eagle with wings spread and head turned to the left facing side is embroidered in silk thread in the middle of the flag in tones of brown and cream. A shield with a blue panel on the top with white stars inside it and red and white vertical stripes on the bottom half is embroidered over the eagle's chest. The eagle holds an olive branch in its left facing talon and a cluster of three (3) arrows in its right facing talon. A red embroidered banner above the eagle's head has white embroidered text reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM". The eagle is surrounded by an oval border consisting of thirteen (13) white five-pointed embroidered stars in an arc above it.

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