Pa.'s Civil War flags need cash for upkeep

(YDR) Forty-nine years after they had last carried them in battle, the surviving flag bearers from Pennsylvania's Civil War regiments again hoisted their unit's colors and marched through Harrisburg in a light rain.
Once they reached the Capitol, the veterans -- many of whom cried at the sight of the banners they rallied behind in their youth -- stood the regimental flags in tall, round glass cases on the rotunda floor.
There the flags remained for decades, wrapped around their staffs, warping and decaying. Continued