CAPT Kevin B. 765578 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-48414"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-s-the-oldest-stars-and-stripes-you-own%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What%27s+the+oldest+Stars+and+Stripes+you+own%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-s-the-oldest-stars-and-stripes-you-own&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat&#39;s the oldest Stars and Stripes you own?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-s-the-oldest-stars-and-stripes-you-own" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e0b38ed3c2679fb0afbfdc42c1f7989f" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/414/for_gallery_v2/cf407fcc.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/414/large_v3/cf407fcc.jpg" alt="Cf407fcc" /></a></div></div>You can buy flags at any Wal-Mart. We have them in our shadow boxes. However what's the oldest Stars and Stripes you own? I'll lag one out there with a representative picture of a 48 Star wool flag my Dad had. I remember him flying it as a kid so it was before 1959. I have no idea when or where he got it. It would have been made after Arizona came in in 1912. Mine is in good shape as it hasn't been outdoors for 50+ years.<br /><br />I do have my Dad's burial flag as well. They are cotton, not meant to fly, and are longer than standard to properly wrap around a coffin. It's the standard VA issue variety. Obviously it isn't old but means a lot. 2015-06-23T18:44:43-04:00 CAPT Kevin B. 765578

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-48414"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-s-the-oldest-stars-and-stripes-you-own%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What%27s+the+oldest+Stars+and+Stripes+you+own%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-s-the-oldest-stars-and-stripes-you-own&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat&#39;s the oldest Stars and Stripes you own?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-s-the-oldest-stars-and-stripes-you-own" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a4234873bb7bf82184862266e6cc2fd7" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/414/for_gallery_v2/cf407fcc.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/414/large_v3/cf407fcc.jpg" alt="Cf407fcc" /></a></div></div>You can buy flags at any Wal-Mart. We have them in our shadow boxes. However what's the oldest Stars and Stripes you own? I'll lag one out there with a representative picture of a 48 Star wool flag my Dad had. I remember him flying it as a kid so it was before 1959. I have no idea when or where he got it. It would have been made after Arizona came in in 1912. Mine is in good shape as it hasn't been outdoors for 50+ years.<br /><br />I do have my Dad's burial flag as well. They are cotton, not meant to fly, and are longer than standard to properly wrap around a coffin. It's the standard VA issue variety. Obviously it isn't old but means a lot.

2015-06-23T18:44:43-04:00 2015-06-23T18:44:43-04:00 Capt Seid Waddell 765926

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A friend of mine gave me the flag of his WWII ship that he decommissioned, along with the signal flags that represented his initials.

2015-06-23T21:43:43-04:00 2015-06-23T21:43:43-04:00 SSG Karl Fowler 1555713

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have my dads flag he brought home from Vietnam ,it flew over his fire support base

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