Vintage 1947-49 Freedom Train \"Spirit of 1776” Pennant 27\" full size for Sale

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Vintage 1947-49 Freedom Train \"Spirit of 1776” Pennant 27\" full size For Sale

$Vintage 1947-49 Freedom Train \$
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Vintage 1947-49 Freedom Train \"Spirit of 1776” Pennant 27\" full size:
$28.00

TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS & COLLECTORS!
Own a piece of history from the first Freedom Train that toured the United States!
This pennant was obtained from the estate of an amateur pennant collector who was in his late teen years when this train made it\'s cross country run. It shows signs of age -missing one set of tassels and a small tear along the top edge that does not interfere with hanging (see photos). It has minimal tack holes and the colors are excellent. No stains.
This will be loosely wrapped in tissue paper then rolled on a bubble wrap tube before being shipped in a box.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT:\"Two national Freedom Trains have toured the United States: the 1947–49 special exhibit Freedom Train and the 1975–76 American Freedom Train which celebrated the United States Bicentennial. Each train had its own special red, white and blue paint scheme and its own itinerary and route across the 48 contiguous states, stopping to visitors and displaying Americana and related historical artifacts. The 1940s Freedom Train exhibit was integrated—black and white viewers were allowed to mingle freely. When town officials in Birmingham, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee, refused to allow blacks and whites to see the exhibits at the same time, the Freedom Train skipped the planned visits, amid significant controversy. The National Archives supplied the train with key documents, while, as archivist Elizabeth Hamer noted in August 1947, \"Hollywood, chiefly, is putting up the capital for this exhibit.\" The Foundation rejected the list of documents proposed by the National Archives, which included documents such as Executive Order 8802. Contrary to the wishes of the Justice Department, the Foundation excluded collective bargaining from the list of citizens\' rights. In the final roster, the only document pertaining to black history was the Emancipation Proclamation—and even in this case, accompanying commentary focused on the white president Abraham Lincoln who issued the document. The Train also displayed a letter from Christopher Columbus, the Mayflower Compact, and documents of German and Japanese surrender from World War II.\" from: