Flags at Lincoln's Shooting

That's interesting, I never thought to look at that. Of course I do not know the different configurations of the flags at different times, but now that you mention it, I think it would be interesting to learn them. But yes, if there were some of our current flags there, then that was deffinetly noticeable, but I don't notice stuff like that. But next time I watch it I will take a good look.

I hadn'nt noticed the flags and would have to get a DVD copy and look, but just because the flag shown had two rings of star with one in the center and one in each corner does not mean that it was a 38 star flag. Until 1912 there was never an official designation of how the stars should be arranged. In any given year there would be many different arrangements in use. Patterns similar to that one were quite frequent. The military was especially fond of those. In any case the official flag of the time would not have had 36 stars either; it would have had 35. Nevada had been admitted as the 35th state on Oct. 31 of 1864. The flag act of 1818 specifies that new stars are added on the 4th of July following the state's admission. The flag would stay 35 stars until nearly 3 months after Lincoln's assassination.