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An American naval flag that could date to the Revolutionary War is seen at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., on April 30, 2014. The flag is part of a new exhibit of flags at the museum, that opens on May 5, 2014. Experts at the museum say they don't have enough information to accurately date the flag that could be from the Revolution or perhaps created during the centennial of the Revolution in the 1870s. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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A flag from a hunting club formed during the Reconstruction era in South Carolina is seen at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., on April 30, 2014. The flag is part of a new exhibit of flags at the museum that opens on May 5, 2014. Hunting clubs were formed by whites in the South as social clubs but also to oppose Reconstruction governments following the Civil War. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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A rare 42-star American flag is seen at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., on April 30, 2014. The flag is part of a new exhibit of flags at the museum that opens on May 5, 2014. The flag was never officially adopted by the government because Idaho became the 43rd state first. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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A rare seven-star Stars and Bars, the first flag of the Confederacy, is seen at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., on April 30, 2014. The flag is part of a new exhibit of flags at the museum that opens on Monday, May 5, 2014. The flag was used for only a few months in 1861 because the seven stars were replaced with additional stars as more Southern states seceded from the Union. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
