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  2. File:Flag of the United States (1795–1818).svg - Wikipedia

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    Digital reproduction of the Star Spangled Banner Flag, the 15-star and 15-stripe U.S. garrison flag which flew over Fort McHenry following the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle, and again the following morning, inspired Francis Scott Key's song The Star-Spangled Banner, now the U.S. national anthem.

  3. File:"British and Indians, War of 1812!".jpg - Wikipedia

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    Image title "A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!" British officer paying Native Americans to scalp an American soldier]. Engraving by L.G. after William Charles, ca. 1812.

  4. We Owe Allegiance to No Crown - Wikipedia

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    Woodside, inspired by the War of 1812, intended to provide an allegorical message in response to the defeat of Britain.It depicts a sailor holding a flag being crowned with a laurel wreath by Liberty, with the words “We Owe Allegiance to No Crown” below. [6]

  5. Star-Spangled Banner (flag) - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. File:Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg - Wikipedia

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    Description: US Flag with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes. In use 1 May 1795–3 July 1818. Date: 26 April 2006 (original upload date) Source: Created by jacobolus using Adobe Illustrator, and released into the public domain.

  7. Mary Young Pickersgill - Wikipedia

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    Mary Pickersgill (born Mary Young; February 12, 1776 – October 4, 1857) was the maker of the Star-Spangled Banner hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The daughter of another noted flag maker, Rebecca Young, Pickersgill learned her craft from her mother, and in 1813 she was commissioned by Major George ...

  8. War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The war in Europe against the French Empire under Napoleon ensured that the British did not consider the War of 1812 against the United States as more than a sideshow. [282] Britain's blockade of French trade had worked and the Royal Navy was the world's dominant nautical power (and remained so for another century).

  9. Brother Jonathan - Wikipedia

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    Brother Jonathan from an 1852 political cartoon. Brother Jonathan is the personification of New England. He was also used as an emblem of the United States in general, and can be an allegory of capitalism. His too-short pants, too-tight waistcoat and old-fashioned style reflect his taste for inexpensive, second-hand products and efficient use ...