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House of Flags, Columbus, NC
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House of Flags

A flag museum in downtown Columbus, North Carolina, focused on flag etiquette and the history of the nation's flag.

Columbus, NC

About House of Flags

The House of Flags is an educational museum that opened in 2001 in response to a local citizen's wish to promote respect for the United States flag. Its collection includes more than 300 full-size reproduction flags, each shown with a description of its story. Visitors can take self-guided or narrated tours of the fully handicap accessible facility. Displays trace flag history from the first explorers to the present, and rooms cover military, religious, and Revolutionary-era flags, along with flags from later conflicts and the September 11 attacks. Small group tours are by appointment, and the museum also hosts school and group visits.

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