Al Martin, Mike Brady, Chris Horak and Matt Groen paid a visit to the battle flags archival storage unit on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

The General Orlando M. Poe Camp, 444 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War adopted a flag of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment (SC-106-90) on May 16, 2026.

The flag of the First Michigan Infantry Regiment (Three Months) is back home after a year of conservation treatment at Textile Preservation Associates in West Virginia.

Save the Flags was honored to host MIARNG Command Historian Adam Betz and Dr. Chris Petras on May 7^th, 2026. Dr. Petras has been tirelessly researching Michigan soldiers, predominantly from Grand Haven, MI who never received medals earned during World War I, including 20 who earned the Purple Heart but never received the well-deserved recognition.

Save the Flags would like to thank the members of the Seventeenth Regiment of Michigan (a group of dedicated living historians) for their visit to the battle flag collection on Sunday, April 19, 2026.

Save the Flags would like to thank The Everett family for their great help with the film premiere of The Battle Flags of Michigan on December 6, 2025.

Save the Flags would like to once again thank Bruce and Terri Miller for their undying support of the project after their adoption of flag SC-79-90.

Save the Flags was proud to host the Quarterly Commanders Meeting of the Michigan Army National Guard for a viewing of the battle flag collection on April 15, 2026.

Save the Flags would like to thank Kenneth and Carol Baker for their recent donation of three historic ribbons associated with the 6th Michigan Infantry/Heavy Artillery Regiment.

Bruce and Terri Miller recently adopted the flag of the Third Brigade, First Division, 5^th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac - a flag with a history unlike any other.

Save the Flags hosted the John W. Hunter Questers Chapter for a Capitol tour and a visit to the flag storage unit on March 18, 2026.

A productive weekend for Save the Flags saw Director VanAcker traveling to Almont and Livonia for special events.

Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger Dan Welch recently presented on the involvement of the 24th Michigan Infantry and their flags as part of the Gettysburg Foundation 2026 Winter Lecture Series.

Our thanks to the MSU Retirees Association, Ruth and Jim Laugal, Rick Olsen, and the Abraham Lincoln Civil War Round Table of Plymouth for their support and interest in Save the Flags.

Ted and Faye Chamberlain of St. Joseph, Michigan have adopted the flag of the Third Brigade, First Division, 5^th Corps of the Army of the Potomac.

Terry and Linda McKinch have very generously donated to Save the Flags two ribbons associated with the Governor Henry Crapo Post No. 145 of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Michigan at Gettysburg was the theme of the presentation delivered at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Delta Township on Sunday, February 8, 2026, as a part of their Community Forum.

Save the Flags was happy to serve as a judge in one of the regional National History Day competitions held at the Bolls Campus in Grosse Pointe Woods this past Saturday, February 7, 2026.

Save the Flags would like to thank Joel and Sue Bauder for their generous support and adoption of a previously unadopted flag carried by the 21^st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

Save the Flags was honored by a visit to Lansing from The Young Marines of Lapeer County on Thursday, January 22, 2026.