Why were the Civil War flags put back in the cases in the Capitol’s main rotunda?
The flags in the small cases at the rear of the main rotunda are replicas that depict how the cases originally appeared for the 72 years that Pennsylvania’s Civil War flags were stored in them. From 1985-1990 the Capitol Preservation Committee conserved the original collection of 390 Civil War and 22 Spanish American War flags. These state treasures are kept safe at an off-site conservation facility in a temperature- and humidity-controlled room. Click this link for additional information about the flag collection or to schedule a tour.
