The Star Spangled Banner

ID: SIA RU000285 [SIA2010-3454]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: Undated

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Image No. SIA2010-3454

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Summary

This is the garrison flag which flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, during the attack by the British fleet in 1814 and inspired Francis Scott Key (a Georgetown, D.C. lawyer) to write the words to what is now the U.S. National Anthem.

Subject

National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Image No. SIA2010-3454

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

Undated

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Topic

Flags

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000285 [SIA2010-3454]

Physical description

7.5X9.5

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