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Colorado couple brings a piece of Civil War-era history home to Lake County

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After two fires threatened a Civil War-era flag, its owners, Colorado residents Millie and David Ramsay, donated it to the Lake County Discovery Museum.

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Christine Pyle, Lake County Discovery Museum's manager of historical resources, left, Corinne Court, collections cataloger, and Millie Ramsay.

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Edward Murray, a farmer and soldier from Newport Township, survived his Civil War wounds. A flag made for him by his mother is now in the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda.

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Edward Murray, a farmer from Newport Township in Lake County, survived a harrowing Civil War battle. A U.S. flag his mother made in his honor 150 years ago has its own survival story, and is now safely ensconced in the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda. “The flag is home, where it should be,” David Ramsay said.