guidon

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Then, while a pickup band played slightly off key, Hamlet slowly rolled up the brigade's 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