Might be of interest to you. Mike Chickasaw Co-CC Dickinson CC ----- Original Message ----- From: <SueTrout@aol.com> To: <IA-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:22 AM Subject: Co. B, 28th Iowa Infantry Flag Dedication > On June 4, 2005, there will be a ceremony in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to dedicate > or rededicate the National banner belonging to Company B, 28th Iowa Infantry. > I had posted the news about the return of this flag to Iowa from South Dakota > last September. The flag is undergoing stabilization here in Cedar Rapids, > where it will be kept and occasionally displayed at the Masonic Library and > Museum in Cedar Rapids. The flag is in relatively good condition save for some > tears, some repaired tears (repaired with small, intricate stitches by someone > the past 143 years), some holes acquired during battles, and a few areas of > blood staining when a color bearer (or bearers) was wounded. No one is certain > when the blood staining occurred, nor whose blood it is. The flag will lie > flat in a specially designed framework and will be on display from time to time. > It will be on display at the ceremony June 4th, of course. > > My job is to find descendants of Company B, 28th Iowa Infantry members who > would like to attend this ceremony. Descendants would not be required to give > any speeches (doubtless there will be a number of those already present to do > that!) but we would like to introduce them to those in attendance and recite > the name of their ancestor in Company B. It should be a very nice way of > honoring those who followed that flag through so many battles. > > The 24th Iowa Infantry reenactors have agreed to act as Color Guard for the > ceremony. > > If anyone would like additional information on the ceremony, or if there are > descendants who would like to attend this ceremony or know of other > descendants of Co. B members that I might contact, please contact me through this List > or directly at suetrout@aol.com. Thank you in advance. > > Sue Trout Reisdorph >