Object Details
- Description
- Creating celebrations helped to establish national identity. The Fourth of July, widely observed during the American Revolution, was the first national holiday. It quickly became a day of patriotic symbolism and a tribute to the founding principles of equality and liberty and revolutionary ideals of democracy. For Americans still fighting for those freedoms, the holiday became a day to remind the country of the promise yet to be fulfilled.
- associated date
- 1776 07 04
- ID Number
- PL.317907.01
- catalog number
- 317907.01
- accession number
- 317907
- Object Name
- Banner
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- red, white, blue, black (overall color)
- wood (overall frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 1/2 in x 25 in x 2 1/4 in; 54.61 cm x 63.5 cm x 5.715 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- related event
- American Revolution
- Record ID
- nmah_496397
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-ee73-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
