The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Title taken from caption. View of American flag hanging from Federal Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with large 49th star symbolizing Alaskan statehood. 1958. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.