"Making the Flag" play, Flood School, 1936.

Title

"Making the Flag" play, Flood School, 1936.

Subject

one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Macon County (Ill.)

Description

"Making the Flag" play by Flood School students, 1936.

Members of the cast (left to right): Betsy Ross's daughter, Janet Sibthorb; George Washington, Dean March; Uncle Sam, Elmer James; Betsy Ross, Peggy Rainey.

Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The schoolhouse and property were sold in 1948.

Source

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (146).

Publisher

Macon County Historical Society

Date

November 13, 1936

Contributor

Photo courtesy of Janet Sibthorp Brewer.

Format

JPG

Identifier

2023-1042

Original Format

black and white photo

Files

%22Making the Flag%22 play, Flood School, 1936.jpg

Citation

“"Making the Flag" play, Flood School, 1936.,” MF School Archives, accessed May 17, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/88.

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