Our flag was still there the Star Spangled Banner that survived the British and 200 years -- and the Armistead family who saved it
Our Flag Was Still There details the improbable two-hundred-year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner--from Fort McHenry in 1814, when Francis Scott Key first saw it, to the Smithsonian in 2023--and the enduring family who defended, kept, hid, and ultimately donated the most famous flag in A...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Our flag was still there : |b the Star Spangled Banner that survived the British and 200 years -- and the Armistead family who saved it / |c Tom McMillan. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a An American icon -- Family of fighters -- "A flag so big" -- War with England-- again -- A most gallant defense -- "O say can you see?" -- Fame interrupted -- Guardians of the banner -- Civil unrest/civil war -- The rebel Armistead -- "There is our flag!" -- A home for all time -- Becoming the anthem -- National treasure -- Modern-day unrest -- Appendix: Another family gift to the nation -- Appendix B: Where is the missing star? -- Appendix C: Fort McHenry: star-spangled icon. | |
| 520 | |a Our Flag Was Still There details the improbable two-hundred-year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner--from Fort McHenry in 1814, when Francis Scott Key first saw it, to the Smithsonian in 2023--and the enduring family who defended, kept, hid, and ultimately donated the most famous flag in American history. | ||
| 520 | |a McMillan details the improbable two-hundred-year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner. From Fort McHenry in 1814, when Francis Scott Key first saw it, to its modern-day home at the Smithsonian National Museum of American history, it has endured an often-perilous journey. In providing new insights into an intriguing period of U.S. history, McMillan offers the story of one of the country's most cherished relics, the song celebrating it-- and the enduring family who defended, kept, hid, and ultimately donated the most famous flag in American history. | ||
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Key, Francis Scott, |d 1779-1843. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x History |y Revolution, 1775-1783. | |
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