Museum Collections
Luce Center
"Old Glory's" First Engagement, August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix, New York
Object Number:
1955.283
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on beige paper
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "HA Ogden"; inscribed along lower edge: " 'Old Glory's' first Engagement / Col. Gansewood raises the first flag -- (made in the fort) on a Bastion of Fort Stanwix (Rome N.Y) / at the beginning of its Seige by St. Leger - Aug 3d 1777."
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Purchase, Robert J. Gallione Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.