Color Guard
The Continental Army was organized into regiments which were formed by close-knit communities that fought together. Each regiment carried a flag, often called the Colors, and the valiant men who protected the Colors and their flagbearer were known as the Color’s Guard.
SRNY Color Guard at the Battle of Brooklyn Commemoration, 2019.
The Committee on Flags, Colors and Standards, also known as the Color Guard, of Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc. has been responsible for the custody and care of an expansive flag collection since 1914. These flags are used in various annual commemorative and fellowship events, including SRNY’s Flag Day Parade as well as Green-Wood Cemetery’s Battle of Brooklyn Commemoration and Shearith Israel’s Memorial Day Ceremony at Chatham Square Cemetery. Each one represents thousands of Patriots who helped achieve American Independence, whose memory the Society perpetuates as part of their mission.
To learn more about the SRNY Color Guard, email info@sonsoftherevolution.org.
SRNY Color Guard at the Independence Day Parade, 2019.
SRNY Color Guard flags featured in the Fraunces Tavern Museum exhibition, To the Beat of Their Own Drums: American Regimental Flags of the Revolutionary War.
More information on Fraunces Tavern Museum’s regimental flag exhibition To The Beat of Their Own Drums can be found here.