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Star Spangled Banner - Maj. Armistead, Mary Pickersgill and Francis Scott Key
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<blockquote data-quote="Lambeau" data-source="post: 16238492" data-attributes="member: 105189"><p>[MEDIA=youtube]YaxGNQE5ZLA[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><strong>The Flag's Beginnings</strong></p><p>The Star-Spangled Banner's history starts not with Francis Scott Key, but a year earlier with Maj. George Armistead, the commander of Fort McHenry. Knowing that his fort was a likely British target, Armistead told the commander of Baltimore defenses in July 1813 that he needed a flag—a big one. "We, sir, are ready at Fort McHenry to defend Baltimore against invading by the enemy…except that we have no suitable ensign to display over the Star Fort, and it is my desire to have a flag so large that the British will have no difficulty in seeing it from a distance."</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970/" target="_blank">The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner | History | Smithsonian</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/star-spangled-banner-back-on-display-83229098/" target="_blank">Star-Spangled Banner Back on Display | History | Smithsonian</a></p><p></p><p>I hope to one day see the flag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lambeau, post: 16238492, member: 105189"] [MEDIA=youtube]YaxGNQE5ZLA[/MEDIA] [b]The Flag's Beginnings[/b] The Star-Spangled Banner's history starts not with Francis Scott Key, but a year earlier with Maj. George Armistead, the commander of Fort McHenry. Knowing that his fort was a likely British target, Armistead told the commander of Baltimore defenses in July 1813 that he needed a flag—a big one. "We, sir, are ready at Fort McHenry to defend Baltimore against invading by the enemy…except that we have no suitable ensign to display over the Star Fort, and it is my desire to have a flag so large that the British will have no difficulty in seeing it from a distance." [URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970/"]The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner | History | Smithsonian[/URL] [URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/star-spangled-banner-back-on-display-83229098/"]Star-Spangled Banner Back on Display | History | Smithsonian[/URL] I hope to one day see the flag. [/QUOTE]
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