Archives Treasure #3: 38-star U.S. flag from 1886
Members of the University of Washington ROTC deliver an 1886 U.S. flag to the State Archives in Olympia in 2011. (Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives) Since many of us recently put up a U.S. flag in honor of Flag Day or Independence Day, our third and final Archives Treasure for July is timely. It’s a 38-star American flag dating back to the 1880s. This flag has a special history. In early 1886, mobs rose up in Seattle to drive…