The USS Constitution. Image courtesy of The Dietrich American Foundation
Virgil D. Parris inquires about new bunting, 1860
1960
1963
1964
1969
Dietrich graduates from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
1961
Dietrich establishes The Dietrich American Foundation to collect, research and document historically important examples of American decorative and fine art.
Dietrich acquires the Parris family collection of naval colors from the USS Constitution.
Dietrich helps found the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s American Art Advisory Committee.
President John F. Kennedy establishes the non-profit organization, Operation Sail.
October, 1963
May 24, 1967
1970
Dietrich purchases a 13-star flag at Charles Hamilton Auction #19 at the WaldorfAstoria.
Dietrich is elected to the Philadelphia Museum of Art Board of Trustees.
1967
Dietrich is named chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s American Art Advisory Committee.
1962 Dietrich leaves Columbia Business School to take over operations of the Dietrich Corporation.
The Foundation makes its first acquisition, a dinner plate of the Order of the Cincinnati, previously owned by George & Martha Washington.
July, 1964 First Operation Sail gets under way in concert with New York’s World’s Fair.
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Dietrich purchases a 1st edition Star Spangled Banner.
1972