Editor’s Note: In 2013, i visited the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of our coverage of the War of 1812 Bicentennial from 2012 to 2014. Mary Pickersgill was commissioned to sew two flags for Fort McHenry by Major George Armistead in the summer of 1813 – one storm…
Stars and Stripes Stitched a Flag and a Nation
One star from a swatch of an original flag on display at The Flag House in Baltimore. (Photo: RET at the Flag House in 2013)