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Star Spangled
Banner Flag
When Vermont and Kentucky were admitted to
the Union, Congress added a stripe and a star to the flag for each of
them.This flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes waved over Fort McHenry when the
British Navy attacked on the night of September 13, 1814. Francis Scott Key
was a hostage on the British Frigate “Surprise”. All night through he
watched the gallant defense of Fort McHenry. In the first pale streaks of dawn
he saw that the flag still proudly waved over the ramparts and was inspired to
write the words of our National Anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner.”
It was this banner under which the American Navy waged a war against the
Barbary Pirates and which they hoisted over the fort at Derne, Tripoli, on
April 27, 1805, following an assault on that place by American Marines and
Bluejackets. It was the flag under which Commodore Perry won the battle of
Lake Erie, and General Andrew Jackson the signal victory over the British
Regulars under Sir Edward Pakenham at New Orleans.
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Star Spangled Banner outdoor nylon flag |
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