Certificate reads: “This is to certify that the flag was flown over the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009. At the request of the Honorable Chet Edwards, Member of Congress, this flag was flown in honor of Washington University School of Law, in recognition of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama., Stephen T. Ayers, AIA, Acting Architect of the Capitol”

This collection consists of the 2009 Official Barack Obama Presidential Inaugural Medal and the artists' original concept for the medal as well as a U.S. flag that was flown over the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009.