A quick check of an internet inflation calculator shows that it would cost a little more than $2000 today. And due to its size and material (silk), it wasn't cheap - $83.50. If it was flown from a decent-sized flagpole, it should have been visible from a ways away. First of all, it's a pretty good size - 8 feet by 15 feet. Now a few comments about the flag itself. Descendants of the family still own it today. Emma Walker Pennington's father, James Henry Walker (Robert's son), bought the tavern in 1895. The Robert Walker mentioned as being at the top of the list was prominently featured in a post, and the Walkers who owned the Mermaid at the time of the flag's purchase were detailed in their own post. A quick search of the site (using the search bar on the right) should come up with plenty of hits for names like Klair, Peach, Derickson, Ball, Dixon, Justis, Springer, Whiteman, and most if not all of the others. This should certainly be true for readers of this blog. The article says they are 'old famly names still familiar'. The first has to do with the family names mentioned as subscribers in the purchasing of the flag. Although the article does a pretty good job of telling the story of the flag, there are a few things in particular that I wanted to point out.
