The so-called "Gettysburg Flag" in the Lora McMahon King Heritage Room at Union Adventist University has been a part of my life for over twenty years. When I arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the summer of 2003 to take the positions of library director and college archivist, this treasured possession was one of the first items library staff brought to my attention. The flag was a gift to the college in 1985 from Muriel Fleming O'Connor (1913-1996), an alumnus (class of 1934)

Brick walls. Every genealogist runs into one sooner or later. The dead-end of a trail of evidence with no obvious solution in sight. When this happens one has several choices. 1. Let the question sit a while. When you come back to it later, new information may have become available. 2. Keep battering at the wall. This is not usually productive, but if one does take the time to review all of the original documents, sometimes a new detail stands out. 3. Consider whether DNA