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Northshore October 2025
A rare 19-star flag that once flew on America's first battleship, the USS Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides," is being conserved by Museum Textile Services, the premier textile conservation studio in New England. The flag is owned by former US presidential candidate H. Ross Perot, who received it as an 80th birthday gift from his son, Ross Perot, Jr., in 2010. It will be surface cleaned, stabilized and mounted for long-term display at the Perot Companies Corporate headquarters in Texas. "American history is preserved and venerated through its national symbols. What greater symbol can there be than an American flag t
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