Flag: Young Men's Secession Association, Mobile
Catalogue No. 87.1110.1
This flag was donated to the Alabama Department of Archives and History on July 4, 1907 by Thomas W. Sims of Mobile. It is listed in the Department's accession log as "unknown." However, on July 8, 1907, Mr. Sims wrote Archives' Director Thomas M. Owen:
The flag was identified as being that of the Young Men's Secession Association of Mobile by G. Ward Hubbs in his article "Lone Star Flags and Nameless Rags." According to Hubbs, the flag was presented to the Association on December 18, 1860 and is "perhaps the only surviving flag from presecession days". There are however, several flags from this period in the Department's collection.
The flag received conservation and was prepared for exhibit by Textile Preservation Associates Inc. of Ranson WV in October 2009.
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Updated: February 4, 2011