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Conserving Minnesota's Battle Flags

The Minnesota Historical Society recently began a project to conserve several Civil War and Spanish American War battle flags. Doug Bekke, Assistant to the Textile Conservator, explains the painsta...  
 
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Teigen64 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Very informative. These flags are some of our state's most important treasures. I didn't know the great care that was needed to preserve these flags. Thanks for posting.

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