STRUTHERS — The city is hosting the Samuel Hubbard “Hub” Scott flag collection until June 1 at city hall — a collection that represents years of preserving America’s story.

Jonathan Guerrier of the local chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution explained that Samuel Hubbard Scott of Toledo was a World War I disabled cavalry veteran. He joined the SAR in 1948 and was elected president of the Anthony Wayne Chapter in Toledo. He also was a member of the American Legion and was recognized for his patriotic flag displays — known as the Mile of Flags.

Over the years, Scott collected flags and had amassed more than 100 grouped into three general sections: pre-colonial era flags; the Colonial Revolution; and flags from the 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Scott never married and at his death in 1977 at age 86, the flag collection passed to the Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution. The group was to carry on with a display of the flags and through it, the education of this country’s history.

The collection is making its rounds in Ohio leading up to the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026. The Mahoning Valley Chapter of SAR was able to bring the collection to the Valley and Struthers agreed to host it at city hall, 6 Elm St.

“The collection on display in Struthers is a combination of the first and part of the second sections,” Guerrier said. “It covers the first flag (the Northmen flag flown by Leif Erickson, who arrived in the Newfoundland area circa 1,000 A.D.) through the Revolutionary War period to The Star-Spangled Banner that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore in 1814.

“The flags represent explorers, invaders, countries, colonies, revolutionary groups, military regiments and ideologies. Each flag has a story to tell and, when woven together, they make up the history of colonial America and the early years of the United States,” he said.

Originally the flags were set up to be displayed at the back of Struthers Municipal Court, but according to Mayor Catherine Cercone-Miller, court officials thought they could be used as weapons during court.

“We moved the collection into my office and I have always had an open-door policy,” she said. “The city is proud to have been chosen as a location for the display of this collection.”

She said anyone is welcome to visit Struthers City Hall during normal business hours to see the historic collection of flags.