DescriptionFramed, fabric banner with embroidered text and an inset pocket with a photo of Charles J. Freshe, Saugatuck's first World War I fatality, who died in France on Jun. 6, 1918. The banner is constructed for four pieces of red fabric surrounding a rectangle of white fabric. The white fabric is centered with a star embroidered in gold thread over a blue, printed star of service. A red, white and blue ribbon-edged pocket that frames a photo of Charles J. Freshe, in his soldier's uniform, posing with a goat. Text embroidered on the red fabric reads "U.S. Marines/45 Co./5 Regt./AEF [45th Company/5th Regiment/American Expeditionary Forces] The banner is edged with fine fringe. The thin, wooden frame has a round bar attached to the top edge, possibility this bar was used to hang the banner for display.