The Story of the Star Spangled Banner Flag
Most Baltimoreans are familiar with the story of the Battle of Baltimore and the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's famous song and eventual American national anthem, but how did the most famous flag to ever fly come to be? This program examines flag maker Mary Young Pickersgill's early life in Philadelphia at the start of the American Revolution and the Young-Pickersgill family's connections to the birth of the nation - setting the Young-Pickersgill women up for their significant contribution to the War of 1812 with the crafting of the...