Dozens of rare and historic Civil War battle flags stored at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka are falling apart and in desperate need of restoration. But repairing just a single flag can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

TOPEKA, Kansas — Behind several locked doors at the Kansas Museum of History is a trove of flags, some 75 in all, that were once carried by Union troops in the Civil War.

Most were donated to the state more than 100 years ago and put on display at the Statehouse.

But that, museum curator Boone Dodson said, is where they were damaged by light. Defunded, but not defeated KCUR is committed to local, independent journalism. We need your support to do it. Donate now

"After 160 years have passed and something's been on display for a very long time ... then

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