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WASHINGTON >> If you happen to find some remnants of woven wool in your attic – in red, white or blue and marked Fort McHenry – the Smithsonian Institution would like to know. Two… ...
The Star-Spangled Banner remained in Flag Hall until 1998, when it taken down to undergo extensive conservation. Removing 1.7 Million Stitches in under a Year. Watch on .
WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the flag that inspired the song’s lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in… ...
The 30-foot by 42-foot star spangled banner that inspired the national anthem was made in the summer of 1812 by a 37-year-old Baltimore widow named Mary Young Pickersgill.
Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" down nearly 200 years ago and for the first time ever, his original manuscript has been united with the flag that inspired his words at the ...
WASHINGTON » The original, handwritten manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the flag that inspired the song’s lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, the ...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Its home is the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, but the original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner is about to leave town for a little while. Ron Matz has more on ...
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The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.