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Caption: The Original Star-Spangled Banner
Additional Description: The flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
Submitted: September 11, 2011.
Database Locator Identification Number: p171617
File Size: 0.035 Megabytes

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