At the Confederate Home of Missouri, the United States flag was flown routinely, and board members intended for the Stars and Stripes to fly atop the main building. Records, letters, postcards, and images indicate that Old Glory also flew above the large water tower and could be seen for miles. The Confederate battle flag was reserved for funerals and special occasions, when it was hand carried, draped on a casket, or displayed on temporary stanchions. A newspaper account from the 1920s praised resident J.R. "Rocky" Moore, a Confederate veteran, for raising the American flag each morning and lowering it at sunset with great care and reverence. In 1935, when the United Daughters of the Confederacy dedicated a monument in Confederate Memorial Park to the valor of Confederate veterans, both the United States flag and the Confederate battle flag were presented on temporary stanchions.
