This is the last American flag flown over the Philippine Islands.
When it was lowered on July 4, 1946, the Philippines was no longer a colony of the United States and was, nominally, an independent nation.
Three First Ladies of the Philippines as well as the wives of the Speaker of the House, the Senate President, and other government officials helped sew on the 48 stars of the US flag, which was to be sent to the United States as a souvenir “from the loving Filipino people.”
Read more about it at the website of the Presidential Museum and Library, which has published journalist and women’s rights champion Pura Villanueva-Kalaw account of how the flag was made.
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Photo: Presidential Museum and Library
