Narrative Threads: Conserving American Flags

Gwen Spicer: Conservator of History

Over the years, textile conservator Gwen Spicer has used her talents to help save and conserve over 300 American flags from the American Revolution to the Civil War, all the way to the Vietnam War and 9/11. Today we tell her story. Read our full Hallowed Ground feature on Spicer here.

Spicer owns and operates Spicer Art Conservation LLC in Upstate New York.

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Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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