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The Star Spangled Banner Flag, National Museum of American History

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Stock #:1164689
Type: Postcard
Era: Continental Chrome
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia (DC)
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Size: 4.5" x 6" (11.5 x 15.25 cm)
Publisher's Series #: 597306
Additional Details:
The flag that flew over Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Md., during the attack of the British Fleet in the War of 1812. On September 14, 1814 after a night bombardment, Francis Scott Key saw its 15 stars and 15 stripes still waving "by the dawn's early light" and penned his poem.

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