Star-Spangled Banner
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: Date unknown, probably c. 1940
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 54a, Folder: 22
The Star-Spangled Banner, undated. Note that the "A" sewn into the flag has been whited out in the image The Star-Spangled Banner was the Garrison flag of Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, during the bombardment of the fort by the British, September 13-14, 1814, when it was successfully defended by Colonel George Armistead. The flag was presented to the United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., by Mr. Eben Appleton of New York, the grandson of Colonel George Armistead.
Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 54a, Folder: 22
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date unknown, probably c. 1940
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35079 or MAH-35079
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print