tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52259452526112953172012-02-16T01:36:40.045-08:00mendez.woodrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175018424980114653noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225945252611295317.post-45740156081577567922009-11-19T07:14:00.000-08:002009-11-19T07:18:19.557-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xz8CzBo12UI/SwVhs_mO96I/AAAAAAAAAAM/bSoGItMR7uo/s1600/flag.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 288px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xz8CzBo12UI/SwVhs_mO96I/AAAAAAAAAAM/bSoGItMR7uo/s320/flag.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405834353342085026" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:11px;">Guarding the entrance to Baltimore harbor via the Patapsco River during the War of 1812, Fort McHenry faced almost certain attack by British forces. Major George Armistead, the stronghold's commander, was ready to defend the fort, but he wanted a flag that would identify his position, and one whose size would be visible to the enemy from a distance. Determined to supply such a flag, a committee of high-ranking officers called on Mary Young Pickersgill, a Baltimore widow who had had experience making ship flags, and explained that they wanted a United States flag that measured 30 feet by 42 feet. She agreed to the job.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.150.si.edu/chap3/flag.htm">Full Text</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5225945252611295317-4574015608157756792?l=jeff1800s.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mendez.woodrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175018424980114653noreply@blogger.com0