Osage Congressman Geoffrey Standing Bear donated a United States flag to the Osage Tribal Museum that was given to his great-grandfather Principal Chief Fred Lookout by U.S. Secretary of War in 1945.
The flag was given to Chief Lookout in appreciation for service of his grandson Charles Lookout and all the Osage who served in WWII, Standing Bear said. The flag supposedly flew on the USS Saratoga, which Charles Lookout served. Standing Bear said Kamikaze planes also hit the USS Saratoga.
Standing Bear received it from his grandmother Mary Lookout, who received it from her mother Julia Pryor Lookout, who received it from her husband Chief Lookout, he said.
The OTM plans to display the flag when they unveil Chief Fred Lookout’s bust at 11 a.m. on May 6 at the OTM. Also being displayed will be 32 photographs of a family picnic with Chief Lookout and his family donated by Standing Bear.
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Osage News
Original Publish Date: 2011-04-11 00:00:00
