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A wonderful 1858 flag is on display at the Market House Museum. The flag was originally hand stitched in 1858, with two appliqued stars added to represent Oregon and Kansas, in 1861. When the Civil War broke out, the pro-union Kentucky woman who treasured the flag sewed it up in white cotton, and secreted it within a bed to hide it from Confederates who might roam into her home, see it, and claim it as a trophy. The flag was not discovered until a 1943 WWII scrap metal drive was conducted in the 1940s, and the bedsprings were brought down from the attic to be given to the drive as a patriotic gesture. The covering of the springs was removed and the flag was discovered. Restored and mounted in a frame, the flag shows the round wear marks of the springs. It is a reminder of a bitter time of adjustment in Kentucky.


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	Directions For driving directions, enter your address, including state. (example: 233 N 8th St Paducah, KY 42001)	A wonderful 1858 flag is on display at the Market House Museum. The flag was originally hand stitched in 1858, with two appliqued stars added to represent Oregon and Kansas, in 1861. When the Civil War broke out, the pro-union Kentucky woman who treasured the flag sewed it up in white cotton, and secreted it within a bed to hide it from Confederates who might roam into her home, see it, and claim it as a trophy. The flag was not discovered until a 1943 WWII scrap metal drive was conducted in the 1940s, and the bedsprings were brought down from the attic to be given to the drive as a patriotic gesture. The covering of the springs was removed and the flag was discovered. Restored and mounted in a frame, the flag shows the round wear marks of the springs. It is a reminder of a bitter time of adjustment in Kentucky.