Flag Presentation

ID: 2558 ~ Source: Johnson County Public Library ~ Creator: Linda S. Kilbert ~ Date: 2020
This file appears in: Regimental Flag Presentation Ceremony
Flag Presentation

This Historical Marker was erected to commemorate the location where the regimental flag was presented to members of 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company F, on August 20, 1861 before they went off to serve in the Civil War.

This file appears in: Regimental Flag Presentation Ceremony

By Linda S. Kilbert
Hopewell community members held grand celebrations as local men prepared to depart for duty as soldiers in the Civil War. On August 28, 1861, Hopewell families bade a sad, but boisterous, farewell to the 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Company F as…