Recorded Adoption Ceremonies

1st Michigan Colored Infantry/102nd USCT Flag Adoption

On May 24, 2021, The State of Michigan/Save the Flags honored Maurice Imhoff and the late Douglas March for their support of Save the Flags through their adoption of a flag of the 1st Michigan Colored Infantry/102nd United States Colored Troops. The ceremony was held in front of the Michigan State Capitol.

10th Michigan Infantry Flag Adoption

On August 19, 2021, The State of Michigan/Save the Flags honored Fellowship Lodge #236 Free and Accepted Masons of Flint and the Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation for their adoption of a flag of the 10th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. The ceremony was held in the rotunda of the Michigan State Capitol.

6th Michigan Cavalry Flag Adoption

On June 14, 2023, The State of Michigan/Save the Flags honored Fellowship Lodge #236 Free and Accepted Masons of Flint for their adoption of a flag of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. The ceremony was held in front of the Michigan State Capitol.

6th Michigan Cavalry Flag Adoption

On October 3, 2024, The State of Michigan/Save the Flags honored Douglas Hinton III for his adoption of a flag of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. The ceremony was held in the Capitol’s Heritage Hall.

Swartout, Malaney, & Chapman Flag Adoption

On July 17, 2025, the Swartout, Malaney and Chapman families were honored at the Capitol for their adoption of four flags from the Michigan Capitol Battle Flag collection. These descendants of Michigan veterans adopted the Civil War flags of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry and the First Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment, as well as the Spanish-American War flag carried by the 31st Michigan Infantry, and the WWI flag used by the 214th Field Signal Battalion, Company C.

Adoption Roll

We would like to thank all of our donors who have graciously supported Save the Flag. These individuals and groups make it possible to care for Michigan’s Battle Flag collection. Since the beginning of Save the Flags, their donations have allowed us to move the flags to a proper storage location, sent numerous flags out for professional conservation, trained staff to conduct in-house conservation, and allowed us to purchase materials to conduct the conservation in the Capitol’s new conservation laboratory. Without your generous contributions, this would not be possible.

2000.80.1 5th Michigan Cavalry – May 17, 2001
93.88.2 5th Michigan Cavalry – May 6, 2004
93.88.1 5th Michigan Cavalry – April 29, 2005
SC-29-90 9th Michigan Infantry – May 28, 2003
SC-30-89 1st Michigan Sharpshooters – October 27, 1996
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – March 14, 2016
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – March 14, 2017
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – July 7, 2017
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – October 14, 2017
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – January 22, 2018
[no specific flag] - June 1, 2018
[no specific flag] - July 2018
[no specific flag] - October 2018
[no specific flag] - January 2019
[no specific flag] - April 2019
[no specific flag] - October 2019
[2nd Michigan Infantry] – January 28, 2020
[no specific flag] - June 5, 2020
[in honor of the nurses who courageously serve in wartime, caring for our wounded and dying loved ones.] - March 15, 2024
[in honor of the battlefield Chaplains.] - October, 2024
[in honor of the dedicated staff of Save the Flags.] - October, 2024

SC-69-90 21st Michigan Infantry – October 25, 1997
SC-123-90 7th Michigan Cavalry – August 9, 1998
SC-40-90 5th Michigan Infantry – October 10, 1999
SC-121-90 6th Michigan Cavalry – October 10, 1999
SC-132-90 6th Michigan Cavalry – October 10, 1999
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – October 8, 2000
SC-112-90 13th Michigan Infantry – October 8, 2000
SC-35-90 8th Michigan Infantry – March 11, 2001
SC-130-90 8th Michigan Cavalry – March 11, 2001
SC-68-90 21st Michigan Infantry - January, 2025
SC-8-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – June 4, 1998
SC-11-90 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment - November 2, 1996
SC-71-90 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment - May 8, 1997
SC-111-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - February 15, 2009

SC-92-90 25th Michigan Infantry – May 23, 1998
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – September 17, 2014
SC-227-90 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac - February, 2026
SC-121-90 6th Cavalry Regiment - July 17, 2025
SC-109-90 1st Colored Infantry Regiment - July 17, 2025
SC-142-90 31st Infantry Regiment, Spanish-American War - July 17, 2025
SC-168-90 214th Field Signal Battalion, WWI - July 17, 2025
SC-10-90 4th Michigan Infantry - January 13, 2026
SC-10-90 4th Michigan Infantry – March 8, 2012
SC-129-90 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - September, 2024
SC-32-90 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment - December 13, 2025
SC-61-90 16th Michigan Infantry – July 9, 2016
SC-56-90 12th Michigan Infantry – May 19, 2015
SC-37-90 6th Michigan Infantry – June 9, 2018
SC-85-90 25th Michigan Infantry – December 10, 2019
SC-33-90 9th Michigan Infantry – October 18, 2004
SC-219-90 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment - February 7, 2017

SC-143-90 32nd Michigan Infantry – October 21, 1995
SC-131-90 7th Michigan Cavalry – November 15, 2008
SC-30-89 1st Michigan Sharpshooters – May 17, 2014
SC-130-90 8th Michigan Infantry – November 14, 2015
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – June 22, 2019
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – September 6, 2011
SC-115-90 27th Michigan Infantry – June 17, 2005
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – June 23, 2007
SC-51-90 15th Michigan Infantry – October 26, 2002
SC-54-90 14th Michigan Infantry – September 6, 2003
SC-8-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – June 19, 2010
SC-29-90 9th Michigan Infantry – November 4, 2006
SC-86-90 26th Michigan Infantry Regiment - April 16, 1994
SC-89-90 Dexter Union Guards – May 22, 1993
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – November 3, 2004
SC-65-90 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry - October 29, 2024
SC-30-89 1st Michigan Sharpshooters – Spring 2021
SC-63-90 17th Michigan Infantry – May 28, 2004
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – October 25, 1991

SC-125-90 10th Michigan Infantry – May 24, 2002
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – May 27, 2005
SC-61-90 16th Michigan Infantry Regiment - July 9, 2016
SC-105-90 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics – July 9, 2016
2000.115.1 13th Battery, 1st Michigan Artillery Regiment

SC-44-90 13th Michigan Infantry – June 14, 2022
SC-132-90 6th Michigan Cavalry – June 14, 2023
SC-31-90 10th Michigan Infantry - June 14, 2024
SC-21-90 8th Michigan Infantry - June 17, 2025
Presentation National flag (not in the collection) of the 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment - June 14, 2024
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry - June 14, 2026
SC-32-90 10th Michigan Infantry – August 19, 2021
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – June 6, 2011

SC-106-90 First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment - May 16, 2026
SC-97-90 – July 25, 1998
SC-40-90 5th Michigan Infantry – April 3, 1993
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – March 1, 1997

93.88.1 5th Michigan Cavalry – July 19, 2018
SC-42-90 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment - December 15, 1995
SC-121-90 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - December 19, 2022
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment - November 1, 2024
SC-115-90 27th Michigan Infantry Regiment - August 5, 2001
SC-60-90 16th Michigan Infantry – April 28, 2013
SC-127-90 1st Michigan Light Artillery - October 5, 2003
SC-111-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - August 7, 2016
SC-121-90 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - October 3, 2024
SC-208-90 339th United States Infantry - August 6, 2025
STF.1990.05.006 Austin Blair Camp, Sons of Union Veterans - August 23, 2025
SC-85-90 25th Michigan Infantry – January 22, 1994

SC-109-90 102nd USCT - May 24, 2021
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry – April 1, 2011

SC-136-90 – June 20, 2001
[No specific flag] – June 27, 2010

SC-54-90 14th Michigan Infantry Regiment - January, 2025
SC-26-90 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment - March 14, 1998
SC-87-90 26th Michigan Infantry – November 17, 2017

SC-45-90 13th Michigan Infantry Regiment - December 14, 2019
SC-130-90 8th Michigan Cavalry – May 2, 2003

SC-130-90 8th Michigan Cavalry – April 9, 2016
December 2019
SC-121-90 6th Cavalry Regiment - July 17, 2025
SC-109-90 1st Colored Infantry Regiment - July 17, 2025
SC-142-90 31st Infantry Regiment, Spanish-American War - July 17, 2025
SC-168-90 214th Field Signal Battalion, WWI - July 17, 2025
SC-80-90 22nd Michigan Infantry – July 12, 2018
93.88.1 5th Michigan Cavalry – July 12, 2019
SC-111-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - February 15, 2009
SC-140-90 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery H – June 15, 1994
SC-60-90 16th Michigan Infantry – June 14, 1995
SC-121-90 6th Michigan Cavalry – June 14, 1995
SC-35-90 8th Michigan Infantry – June 6, 1996
SC-157-90 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery E – June 6, 1996
SC-45-90 13th Michigan Infantry – June 6, 1997
SC-30-89 1st Michigan Sharpshooters – June 6, 1997
SC-130-90 8th Michigan Cavalry – June 6, 1997
SC-1-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – May 3, 2002
SC-94-90 24th Michigan Infantry – May 3, 2002
SC-119-90 3rd Michigan Cavalry – May 23, 2003
SC-156-90 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery F – May 23, 2003
SC-48-90 14th Michigan Infantry Regiment - October 13, 2022
SC-216-90 Unknown Civil War – March 1, 1997
SC-218-90 Unknown Civil War – March 1, 1997
93.88.1 5th Michigan Cavalry – June 6, 2016
SC-38-90 6th Heavy Artillery – August 17, 1996
SC-85-90 25th Michigan Infantry – October 30, 2007
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry – September 25, 2003
SC-31-90 10th Michigan Infantry – June 26, 1994
SC-228-90 1st Michigan (3 Months) Infantry – November 23, 2002
SC-16-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – February 21, 1994
SC-6-90 1st Michigan Infantry – July 17, 2013
SC-19-90 1st Michigan Infantry – February 7, 2017
SC-20-90 1st Michigan Infantry – February 7, 2017
SC-4-90 1st Michigan (3 months) Infantry – February 7, 2017
SC-5-90 1st Michigan Infantry – July 29, 2018
SC-7-90 1st Michigan Infantry – July 29, 2018
SC-17-90 1st Michigan Infantry – July 29, 2018
SC-228-90 1st Michigan (3 months) Infantry - August, 2024
SC-227-90 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac - March, 2026
SC-79-90 1st Division, 9th Army Corp, Army of the Potomac - April, 2026
SC-106-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - April 29, 2006
SC-111-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - February 15, 2009
SC-60-90 16th Michigan Infantry – July 9, 2016

SC-8-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – May 17, 1996
SC-134-90 4th Michigan Cavalry – May 17, 1996
SC-71-90 20th Michigan Infantry – March 21, 1997
SC-54-90 14th Michigan Infantry – June 5, 1998
SC-132-90 6th Michigan Cavalry – June 5, 1998
SC-60-90 16th Michigan Infantry – November 5, 2004
SC-125-90 10th Michigan Cavalry – September 18, 2021
SC-23-90 5th Michigan Infantry – July 30, 2017
SC-95-90 24th Michigan Infantry – July 29, 2018
SC-10-90 4th Michigan Infantry – July 30, 2023
SC-73-90 19th Michigan Infantry - July 28, 2024
SC-126-90 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery B - July 27, 2025
SC-18-90 1st Michigan Infantry - July 26, 2026

SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – May 25, 2007
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – May 23, 2014
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – May 24, 2019
In Support of Save the Flags - January, 2025

SC-80-90 22nd Michigan Infantry – November 3, 1997

SC-228-90 1st Michigan (3 months) Infantry – April 26, 1995
SC-125-90 10th Michigan Cavalry – April 26, 1995
SC-18-90 1st Michigan Infantry – May 21, 1997 (delayed from 8/20/96)
SC-52-90 15th Michigan Infantry – May 21, 1997
93.88.1 5th Michigan Cavalry – May 21, 1997

SC-30-89 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment - October 5, 2021
SC-24-90 6th Michigan Infantry / 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery - August 16, 2025
SC-111-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - February 15, 2009
SC-105-90 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics Regiment - March 3, 2011
SC-101-90 27th Michigan Infantry - December, 2025
SC-103-90 29th Michigan Infantry - December, 2025
SC-113-90 29th Michigan Infantry - December, 2025
SC-43-90 12th Michigan Infantry Regiment - October 22, 2016

SC-90-90 22nd Michigan Infantry – October 28, 2015
SC-72-90 20th Michigan Infantry - December 9, 2025
SC-215-90 20th Michigan Infantry - December 9, 2025
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – June 11, 1994
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry – July 6, 2021
SC-1-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – August 30, 2012
GAR Crapo Post Flag – September 18, 2021
SC-30-89 1st Michigan Sharpshooters – October 18, 2013
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry – April 8, 2010
SC-16-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – April 14, 2011
SC-71-90 20th Michigan Infantry – June 5, 2001
Save the Flags - May 7, 2009
SC-58-90 11th Michigan Infantry – September 23, 1994
SC-59-90 11th Michigan Infantry – September 23, 1994
SC-87-90 26th Michigan Infantry Regiment - August 15, 1998
SC-121-90 6th Cavalry Regiment - July 17, 2025
SC-109-90 1st Colored Infantry Regiment - July 17, 2025
SC-142-90 31st Infantry Regiment, Spanish-American War - July 17, 2025
SC-168-90 214th Field Signal Battalion, WWI - July 17, 2025

SC-32-90 10th Michigan Infantry – November 7, 2023
SC-32-90 10th Michigan Infantry Regiment - September 27, 2017
SC-119-90 3rd Michigan Cavalry – December 11, 2012
SC-95-90 24th Michigan Infantry – November 3, 2001
SC-179-90 32nd Division – May 7, 1994
SC-131-90 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - December 19, 2022
26th Michigan Infantry Regiment - January 31, 2018

SC-16-90 2nd Michigan Infantry – June 8, 1993
SC-127-90 First Michigan Artillery – August 28, 1994
SC-25-90 7th Michigan Infantry – June 9, 1992
SC-123-90 7th Michigan Cavalry – September 23, 1993
SC-131-90 7th Michigan Cavalry – December 21, 1994
SC-122-90 7th Michigan Cavalry – July 20, 1995
SC-32-90 10th Michigan Infantry – May 13, 1995
SC-10-90 4th Michigan Infantry – January 30, 1991
SC-13-90 4th Michigan Infantry – November 13, 1993
SC-12-90 4th Michigan Infantry – November 11, 1995
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – June 24, 2001
SC-63-90 17th Michigan Infantry – May 30, 1993
SC-75-90 17th Michigan Infantry – April 28, 2001
SC-76-90 17th Michigan Infantry – October 28, 2006
SC-62-90 17th Michigan Infantry – October 28, 2006
SC-228-90 1st Michigan (3 months) Infantry – February 24, 2007
SC-76-90 17th Michigan Infantry – June 4, 2007
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry – June 10, 2009
SC-76-90 17th Michigan Infantry – May 27, 2010
SC-94-90 24th Michigan Infantry – August 15, 1992
SC-95-90 24th Michigan Infantry – June 5, 1993
SC-82-90 24th Michigan Infantry – November 21, 1993
SC-93-90 24th Michigan Infantry – November 21, 1993
SC-83-90 24th Michigan Infantry – August 13, 1994
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry – July 21, 2018
SC-107-90 102nd USCT – April 30, 2011
SC-9-90 3rd Michigan Infantry – March 25, 2023
SC-152-90 32nd Michigan Infantry – March 25, 2023
SC-179-90 126th Infantry – March 25, 2023
SC-105-90 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics – December 12, 1998

Donations from Descendants of…

SC-96-90 23rd Michigan Infantry Regiment - December 2, 1995
SC-84-90 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment - September 30, 1994
SC-21-90 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment - June 17, 1995
SC-130-90 8th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - August 19, 2021
SC-124-90 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - May 13, 2006
SC-96-90 23rd Michigan Infantry Regiment - June 21, 1996
SC-40-90 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment - September 19, 1998
SC-129-90 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment - October 27, 1995
SC-126-90 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery B - October 1, 1994
SC-136-90 1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment - August 24, 2002

SC-121-90 6th Michigan Cavalry – November 17, 2025
SC-151-90 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Span-Am) - June 20, 2026
SC-145-90 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Span-Am) - June 20, 2026
SC-150-90 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry (Span-Am) - June 20, 2026

Recorded Adoption Ceremonies

1st Michigan Colored Infantry/102nd USCT Flag Adoption

10th Michigan Infantry Flag Adoption

6th Michigan Cavalry Flag Adoption

6th Michigan Cavalry Flag Adoption

Swartout, Malaney, & Chapman Flag Adoption

Adoption Roll

Allegan County Historical Society

Anchor Bay Middle School South

Anchor Bay Middle School “Team Toast”

Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table

Anonymous

Barry County Historical Society

Bauder, Joel & Sue

Beechview Elementary School

Bertera, Jason

Brann, Margaret

Butts, Aaron

Cameron Davis, Deborah Gosselin, Erik H. Lindquist, Kris Jacobusse Lindquist, and Charles Ten Brink

Campau Lyon Questers, Chapter 481

Chamberlain, Ted & Faye

Chapman Family

Chief Tecumseh Questers #1236

Christenson, Karla

Citizens for Independence of the Multi-Lakes Association for Civil War Studies and family of Gretchen Coad-Starr

Civil War Round Table of Southwest Michigan

Courthouse Square Questers #745

Cross, Richard & Janice

Dads of Foreign Service Veterans of the United States of America, Post 97

Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Annie Ethridge Tent # 59

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Cornelia Sheldon Tent #58 and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, General Benjamin Pritchard Camp #20

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Eva Gray Tent 2

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Juliet E. Stevens Tent 14 and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Major Henry F. Wallace Camp 160

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Juliet E. Stevens Tent 14

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Michigan Department

Dean, Linda Rosenthal

Dexter High School Students and Dexter Civic Groups

Dibbleville Chapter Questers #617

Difatta, David

DiPietro, Dan and Robbe

Discovery Middle School

Downing Family

Edmondson Elementary School

Efird, Rebecca and Christ the King Lutheran School

Ernst Family

Esch Family

Fellowship Lodge #236 Free and Accepted Masons

Fellowship Lodge #236 Free and Accepted Masons and Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation of Free and Accepted Masons

Friends of the Capitol

General Orlando M. Poe Camp No. 444 of the Son of Union Veterans of the Civil War

George W. Anderson Camp No. 58, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

George W. Lee Civil War Round Table

Governor Henry H. Crapo Camp No. 145 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Hannibal Farrell Daughters of the Union

Harrison, Keith

Haveman, Jim & Barbara

Helmkamp, Alan C.

Hennessy, Lawrence

Henry Fair and Michigan Masonic Motorcycle Association and American Legion Riders

Heuvelhorst, Lloyd and Members of Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery

Hinshon, Richard

Hinton III, Douglas

Holland-Zeeland Civil War Round Table

Imhoff, Maurice

Iron Brigade Society of the United Kingdom and Captain Paul Kennelly

John W. Hunter Chapter 142 of the International Organization of the Questers

Joseph Epstein Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table, Michigan Regimental Civil War Round Table, 17th Michigan Infantry, Company E, Wixom Historical Society

Karmann, Ed & Linda

Knowles, Robert & Elizabeth

Korroch Family

Lamphere Family

L’Anse Creuse Middle School East

Mah-Nah-Be-Zee Questers

Malaney Family

Maria Moore #432 Questers

Martinez, Nicholas

Mattawan Later Elementary School Mrs. Sally Redinger’s and Mrs. Ross-Taylor’s Language Arts Classes

Mattawan Later Elementary School

McDowell, Hunter & Erika