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  2. 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 ]

  3. 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.

  4. William Charles (cartoonist) - Wikipedia

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    Bruin become Mediator or Negotiation for Peace c. 1813 by the artist. William Charles (1776–1820) was a Scottish-born engraver who emigrated to the United States and is now known best for his political cartoons, especially "The Hartford Convention or LEAP NO LEAP", perhaps the most widely printed illustration regarding that historic subject.

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Come and take it - Wikipedia

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    In 2002, a version of the flag was created which depicted a Barrett .50 BMG Rifle. Other versions have depicted various firearms, and even other objects dear to the hearts of the flag makers. During the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals at least one Dallas Stars fan had created a replica of the flag with the Stanley Cup replacing the cannon; the Stars ...

  9. 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. [281] 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).