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1927--Cross of Honor--1950
United States Flag Association
Washington, DC
| Order
of the Flag Knight of the Flag Lady of the Flag |
1927--United
States Flag Association--1942 Cross of Honor Recipients |
Order
of the Flag Knight of the Flag Lady of the Flag |
![]() ![]() Cross of Honor United States Flag Association |
![]() Charles E. Hughes presents Cross of Honor to Charles Lindbergh on steps of US Capitol June 10, 1927. |
![]() ![]() Cross of Honor United States Flag Association |
| # | YEAR | RECIPIENT | ACT | AWARDED | CITY | ST | BY | DATE | HAIL | VIEW |
| 1 | 1927 | Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau | Membership Drive | Constitution Hall | Washington | DC | Pres. Coolidge | April 21 | ?? | Click |
| 2 | 1927 | Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory | Membership Drive | Constitution Hall | Washington | DC | Pres. Coolidge | April 21 | NC | Click |
| 3 | 1927 | Mrs. Josiah Van Orsdel | Membership Drive | Constitution Hall | Washington | DC | Pres. Coolidge | April 21 | DC | Click |
| 4 | 1927 | Mrs. Joseph B. Tate | Membership Drive | Constitution Hall | Washington | DC | Pres. Coolidge | April 21 | NC | Click |
| 5 | 1927 | Charles Lindbergh | Transatlantic Flight | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | C. E. Hughes | June 12 | MO | Click |
| 6 | 1927 | Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand | Father of Flag Day | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | ?? | June 12 | IL | Click |
| 7 | 1927 | Ben Altheimer | Flag Day-St Louis | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | Sent | June 12 | NY | Click |
| 8 | 1927 | Comm. Robert E. Byrd | Polar Flight | ?? | Washington | DC | ?? | June | ?? | Click |
| 9 | 1927 | Major David I McCormick | Service to the Flag | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | IN | ?? |
| 10 | ?? | Dr. Hugo Eckner | Pilot-Graf Zeppelin | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| 11 | 1928 | Mrs. J. Harris Baoughman | ?? | ?? | Washington | DC | VP Dawes | April 20 | KY | Click |
| 12 | 1929 | Walter J. Kolodziejski | Service to the Flag | Bedside | Baltimore | MD | Colonel Moss | ?? | ?? | Click |
| 13 | 1929 | Mary McGonigal-Winner | Flag Contest | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | VP Curtis | June 9 | NY | Click |
| 14 | 1929 | Alma Grove-Escort | Rlag Contest | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | VP Curtis | June 9 | GA | Click |
| 15 | 1929 | Robert Sullivan-Winner | Flag Contest | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | VP Curtis | June 9 | NY | Click |
| 16 | 1929 | Merle M. Clarke-Escort | Flag Essay Contest | Vesper Service | Washington | DC | VP Curtis | June 9 | MI | Click |
| 17 | 1929 | Calvin Coolidge | Honorary President | ?? | Sent | NA | US Mail | Aug 23 | NH | Click |
| 18 | ?? | Hon. Elihu Root | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | DC | Click |
| 19 | ?? | William R. Hearst | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | Click |
| 20 | 1931 | Dorthey D. Skirm | Flag Essay Contest | Central H. S. | Washington | DC | Reichelderfer | April 18 | DC | Click |
| 21 | 1931 | Thomas J. Hayes | Flag Essay Contest | Central H. S. | Washington | DC | Reichelderfer | April 18 | DC | Click |
| 21 | 1931 | Mrs. Henry A. Strong | Red Cross | White House | Washington | DC | Mrs Hoover | June | ?? | Click |
| 22 | 1931 | Mr. John H. Storer | Red Cross | ?? | Washington | DC | ?? | June | ?? | Click |
| 22 | 1932 | Amelia Earhart | Solo Atlantic Flight | Bryant Park | New York | NY | ?? | June 20 | ?? | Click |
| 23 | 1933 | Herbert Hoover | Great American | White House | Washington | DC | US Mail | March 3 | ?? | Click |
| 24 | 1933 | Marjorie Merriweather Post | Woman's Division | White House | Washington | DC | Mrs. FDR | Dec | ?? | Click |
| 25 | 1933 | Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh | 30,000 Mile Flight | Christmas Gift | Sent | NA | US Mail | Dec 25 | ?? | Click |
| 26 | 1934 | Dr. H. Spencer Lewis | Patriotic Work | Rosicrucian Mtg | San Jose | CA | Thomas Kuhn | ?? | CA | Click |
| 27 | 1935 | Mrs. John A. Daugherty | Anti-Crime Work | White House | Washington | DC | Pres Roosevelt | June 14 | DC | Click |
| 28 | 1937 | Mrs.Carl R Gray | American Mother | Joslyn Memorial | Omaha | NE | J. E. Davidson | May 15 | NE | Click |
| 29 | 1938 | Howard Hughes | Around the World | Award Dinner | New York | NY | Colonel Moss | July 20 | ?? | Click |
| 30 | 1938 | Douglas Corrigan | Flight to Ireland | Luncheon | Washington | DC | Patrick Hurley | Aug 10 | CA | Click |
| 31 | 1938 | Henry G. Fargel | Service to the Flag | ?? | ?? | ?? | Colonel Moss | Dec 25 | NY | Click |
| 32 | 1938 | James E. West-BSA | Service to the Flag | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | NY | Click |
| 33 | 1939 | I. J. Fox | Service to the Flag | Hotel Astor | New York | NY | ?? | March 25 | NY | Click |
| 34 | 1939 | Gov. Lloyd C. Stark | Service to the Flag | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | May 26 | MO | Click |
| 35 | 1939 | James Speyer | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | NY | Click |
| 36 | 1939 | Fire Chief Stephen Porter | ?? | ?? | Washington | DC | Patrick Hurley | Oct 20 | DC | Click |
| 37 | 1942 | House & Garden Magazine | United We Stand | Flag Cover | ?? | ?? | ?? | July 13 | ?? | Click |
| 38 | 1943 | U.S. Radio & Newspapers | Flag Week Drive | ?? | Washington | DC | ?? | June 28 | ?? | Click |
| 39 | 1950 | Mrs. Hattie M.Strong | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | NY | Click |
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