guidon

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A second 7th Cavalry guidon was recovered in September 1876, at the Battle of Slim Buttes near present-day Reva, S.D.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

Dating to an era when the museum took in a variety of natural history and historical items, the guidon was sold because it did not fit with the museum's focus on art, Beal said.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

Cavalry flag -- known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape -- had been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which paid just $54 for it.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2010

Keg-shaped Frank Spina, the Battery D barber who still cuts President Truman's hair whenever the President visits Kansas City, marched in the front rank under the Dizzy D's red silk guidon.

From Time Magazine Archive

With nothing but a bag over my shoulder, a map and directions written on the back of the guidon in my left hand, and a tiny flashlight in my right hand, I was gone.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore