BOARDING HOUSE FLAG

AIRED: Season 1, Episode 8
THE DETECTIVES: Wes Cowan and Elyse Luray
THE PLACE: Staten Island Historical Society, Staten Island, New York

THE CASE:

A historical society wants to know, did this flag once save a boarding house from being burnt down?

Legend says it replaced a confederate flag hung at the height of Civil War hysteria.

The history detectives must separate fact from fiction.

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