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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 6, 2016
Caption: Placing the Stars on the Flag…
1962 Oil on Canvas
Additional Description: “Placing the Stars on the Flag That Inspired Francis Scott Key to Write Our National Anthem, Claggett's Brewery, Baltimore 1812-1814,” by R. McGill Mackall (1889-1982). Mary Pickersgill and her mother, Rebecca Young, who also made flags during the American Revolution, finish the Ft. McHenry garrison Flag as Mary’s daughter, Caroline, and three officers look on. close-up of image on marker
Submitted: August 10, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p359071
File Size: 1.908 Megabytes

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