Creator |
Pickersgill, Mary. |
Title |
Fragment of the American flag, "Star Spangled Banner." |
Date |
1813 |
Physical Description |
Cotton. |
Notes |
The flag was commissioned by Major George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry, and made by Mary Pickersgill. Small pieces
of the flag were given away as relics; over two hundred square feet of the Star-Spangled Banner was eventually given away,
including one of the stars.
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Note on back of frame reads: "Fort McHenry Sept. 13 & 14 1874. The original of the "Star Spangled Banner." Photographed June
24, 1873 by permission of Mrs. Georgianna Armistead Appleton, daughter of Colonel Armistead."
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Part of the McAllister Collection. |
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Exhibited in: the Smithsonian's exhibition, Snippings from the Star-Spangled Banner (2001); the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's
exhibition, "Our Flag Was Still There": The Star-Spangled Banner's Bicentennial (2014).
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Subject |
Flags -- United States. |
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Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814. |
Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- War of 1812. |
Genre |
Flag. |
Location |
OBJ 286 |
Accession number |
OBJ 286 |