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Relates events of the 1814 Battle of Baltimore as seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old Caroline Pickersgill, who had worked with her family and their servants to sew the enormous flag which waved over Fort McHenry.
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United States War of 1812, Baltimore (Md.) War of 1812, Flags, Juvenile literature, Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814, Biography, History, Flags, united states, juvenile literature, United states, history, war of 1812, United states, history, juvenile literature, United states, biography, juvenile literature, Maryland, history, United states, biographyPeople
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United States, Baltimore (Md.), Maryland, BaltimoreTimes
War of 1812, 19th centuryShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Flag Maker: A Story of the Star-Spangled Banner
2007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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0547707797 9780547707792
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Here in lyrical prose is the story of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that became the national anthem of the United States. This flag, which came to be known as the Star-Spangled Banner, also inspired author Susan Campbell Bartoletti, who, upon seeing it at the Smithsonian Institution, became curious about the hands that had sewn it.
Here is her story of the early days of this flag as seen through the eyes of young Caroline Pickersgill, the daughter of an important flag maker, Mary Pickersgill, and the granddaughter of a flag maker for General George Washington’s Continental Army. It is also a story about how a symbol motivates action and emotion, brings people together, and inspires courage and hope. (from Amazon)
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