Anderson, Mrs. Carl

ANDERSON, WALGREN, KRUMBOLTZ

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 9/29/2006 at 21:57:18

Fairfield Ledger
July 3, 1962, Page 1.

PHOTO: Mrs. Carl ANDERSON, Salina, holds giant homemade flag which was flown regularly on Fourth of July by her grandfather, August WALGREN, Jefferson County preacher and Civil War veteran. Forty-four star flag is more than 60 years old.

Salina flag once flew from house with red, white and blue shingles. Photo: Patriot’s Home- - Here is August WALGREN home built in 1885 east of Salina. WALGREN displayed his patriotism by painting roof shingles in bands of red, white and blue..... Brick Home. WALGREN was born in Sweden in 1829. He came to Iowa as a youth and later built a three-story stone and brick home east of Salina on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew CRILE. Completed in 1885, the landmark residence was destroyed by fire about 1919. The WALGRENS owned one of the county’s first sewing machines and the flag may have been made by their oldest daughter, Annie WALGREN. The stars were made of wool and sewn on the flag by hand. The flag, now more than 60 years old, is a prized family heirloom owned by Mrs. Carl ANDERSON, who lives two miles east of Salina. In excellent condition despite its age, the homemade flag is about 10 feet long. WALGREN was a member of Company M, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, serving as a medical nurse during the Civil War. He was intensely patriotic and he never missed an opportunity to display the large family flag. His 12-room house had a hip roof with dormers on all four sides. When the shingles were up, WALGREN painted them in horizontal bands of red, white and blue. A giant American flag flying from a house with red, white and blue shingles was once a common sight on the Fourth of July for residents of the Salina area. WALGREN was both a farmer and an ordained Methodist minister. He was pastor of the New Sweden Methodist Church near Four Corners for several years. WALGREN left the farm and moved to Fairfield about 1900..... Mrs. ANDERSON obtained the flag from her mother, Emma WALGREN KRUMBOLTZ, after her grandfather’s death. Many members of the WALGREN family remember the flag and the farm home with its colorful shingles. They include a grandson, Dr. Roy L. WALGREN of Pearl City, Ill., who was reared by the WALGRENS. Dr. WALGREN graduated from Parsons College in 1912.

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