BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Fort McHenry Natl Monument -- Exhibit Rooms Inside Fort

MD -- Fort McHenry Natl Monument -- Exhibit Rooms Inside Fort:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. FTMCEX_170904_08.JPG: Introduction
2. FTMCEX_170904_20.JPG: Who Was George Armistead? (1780-1818)
3. FTMCEX_170904_22.JPG: The Lynchpin of Defense
4. FTMCEX_170904_30.JPG: Planning a Battle
5. FTMCEX_170904_36.JPG: Fame and Sacrifice
6. FTMCEX_170904_44.JPG: While the stripes and blue field were made of English wool bunting, Mary Pickersgill used cotton, a more expensive fabric, for the stars. Did Francis Scott Key really see the flag? Was this the largest flag ever flown? Why does the flag have fifteen stripes? Do the colors red, white and blue have an official meaning?
7. FTMCEX_170904_60.JPG: Did Francis Scott Key really see the flag? Key stated that he saw "the flag of our country" waving over the fort the morning after the battle. Other eyewitnesses include Private Isaac Munroe, a soldier at the fort who remarked that the large flag was hoisted at 9:00am as the fifes and drums played "Yankee Doodle." One British eyewitness, Midshipman Robert Barrett, Royal Navy, wrote of seeing "a superb and splendid ensign" over the fort the morning after the attack. Was this the largest flag ever flown? No, in 1802 Armistead ordered a flag for Fort Niagara that was 36 x 48 feet. Three years after the War of 1812 the Secretary of War issued orders that garrison flags were not to exceed 20 feet hoist by 40 feet fly. Why does the flag have fifteen stripes? The flag was altered by the Second Flag Act of 1794. The additional starts and stripes represent the new states of Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792). Do the colors red, white and blue have an official meaning? There is no official evidence for the symbolism attributed to the flag colors. However, many Americans find meaning in the belief that red stands for valor, white for liberty and blue for justice of loyalty.
8. FTMCEX_170904_65.JPG: What is Original?
9. FTMCEX_170904_70.JPG: Guardhouse... The "Home" of the National Flag
10. FTMCEX_170904_82.JPG: Guardhouse... Keeping Watch Over the Fort
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