Milwaukee collector to sell flag flown over US Capitol on day of MLK's assassination at auction

RACINE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The flag flown over the U.S. Capitol on the day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination will be sold at auction by a Milwaukee collector. 

The flag includes the original transmittal letter signed by architect of the Capitol, J. George Stewart to New York Congressman Henry P. Smith III. 

It also includes two brochures about the U.S. flag and a sheet music booklet for the Pledge of Allegiance. 

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