Object: A flag

Boys and girls: In nineteenth-century Norway a well-to-do governess fell in love with a poor farmer. Such a marriage was frowned on, but the governess was determined. In a burst of rebellious exuberance and a blue wedding dress, she married the farmer and sailed for America the same day, May 17, 1843. Their ship, the Tricolors, arrived in New York harbor on July 4, America's Independence Day. They looked forward to building a life together in this free land. They moved from New York to Wisconsin where they built a log cabin. When the Civil War …