Fragments of the Star Spangled Banner
date: label: date made
content: 1814
label: associated date
content: 1880 - 1889
name: label: Associated Name
content: Appleton, Eben
label: Associated Name
content: Key, Francis Scott
label: maker
content: Pickersgill, Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Three wool bunting fragments with raveled edges.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: These three fragments were cut from the flag that flew from Fort McHenry in 1814. This was the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner. In 1880 the fragments were presented to William Carter by Eben Appleton, the grandson of the commander of Fort McHenry. Carter, a local historian, carried the Star Spangled Banner in a parade during Baltimore’s Sesquicentennial Celebration on 13 October 1880. As the flag was being packed for shipment to New York, Appleton cut three pieces and gave them to Carter. Carter’s daughter gave them to the Maryland Historical Society who donated them to the Smithsonian.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: used in
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: related event
content: War of 1812
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Maryland Historical Society
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35573
label: catalog number
content: 35573
label: accession number
content: 93535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fragments, flag
label: Object Name
content: Flag Fragments, Batch of
label: Other Terms
content: fragments, flag; Sheets of Paper, Set of; Documents
label: Other Terms
content: Flag Fragments, Batch of; National
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 190 mm x 70 mm; 7 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in