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Star Spangled Banner flag on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, c. 1964. The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.
A replica of the 15-star/15-stripe U.S. flag that currently flies over Fort McHenry. The fort was made a national park in 1925; on August 11, 1939, it was redesignated a "National Monument and Historic Shrine", the only such doubly designated place in the United States.
The women did much of the work in the evening after the brewery closed, sometimes working until midnight, and Pickersgill delivered the flags to Fort McHenry on August 19, 1813, a full year before the Battle of Baltimore. [2] [3] The main flag weighed about 50 pounds (23 kg), and it took 11 men to raise it onto a 90-foot (27 m) flagpole. [2]
The American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” is just one of the precious ...
United States historic place Star-Spangled Banner Flag House U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark Baltimore City Landmark Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in 2011 Location 844 East Pratt Street at Albemarle Street, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Coordinates 39°17′14.7″N 76°36′11.7″W / 39.287417°N 76.603250°W / 39.287417; -76.603250 Built ...
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) [3] was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the text of the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". [4] Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812.
The American flag is seen unfurled upside down at Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. - courtesy Ajanthan Hariharan