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 WADSWORTH GUARDS FLAG -The 34-star band embroidered United States flag was the official flag of the Wadsworth Regiment during the Civil War and is inscribed with the following inscription: ”Wadsworth Guard-104th N.Y.S.V.” In 1862, Mrs. James S. Wadsworth presented this flag to the regiment known as the “Wadsworth Guards” in recognition of the naming of the regiment after her husband, James S. Wadsworth. The flag was believed to be destroyed in the Civil War, but thanks to the heroic patriotism of Civil War Sergeant, John P. Welch, the flag was preserved. When the colors of the 104th regiment were in danger of being confiscated by the enemy at Gettysburg, the flag was torn from its staff. Sergeant Welch concealed the flag in the lining of his coat for the remainder of his service including a three month period in a Libby Prison. In 1961 this historic artifact was given to the Livingston County Historical Museum by Sergeant Welch’s grandson, John D. Welch where it still resides today for many people to enjoy. |
 LIVINGSTON COUNTY FLAG - Symbolism imbedded in the Livingston County flag is the starting point for planning a new exhibit which questions “What makes a county?” The three broad areas of Natural Resources, Industries, and People will converge in this exhibit which will focus on both the past and the present. The colors of the flag symbolize the natural resources of Livingston County. Yellow is for grain/ agriculture, blue is for the Genesee River, green symbolizes the nurseries and forests, one white stripe represents salt, another white stripe symbolizes limestone, the quills represents Robert Livingston who helped draft the Declaration of Independence, and the scale is indicates Livingston’s role of the first chancellor who administered the oath of office to George Washington. |
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