Alternate title: | Ft. McHenry National Monument, Baltimore, Md. |
Summary: | Colonial American flag from Fort McHenry, Washington D.C., circa 1970-1990. Caption reads: "This was the actual flag, 30 feet by 42 feet, with 15 stars and 15 stripes that flew over Fort McHenry. It was this flag, waving defiantly over the fort after a 25 hour bombardment on Sept 14, 1814, that moved Francis Scott Key to write 'The Star Spangled Banner.' The flag is located at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C." Postcard number: 77807-D. |
Creator: | Penland, Dane |
Provider: | Dexter Press |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | New York |
Place of origin – Settlement: | West Nyack |
Temporal subject: |
1971-1980
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1981-1990
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | District of Columbia |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Washington |
Topical subjects: | Flags |
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Baltimore, Md.)
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Star-spangled banner (Song) |
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843
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Flags -- United States |
Smithsonian collection |
National Museum of American History (U.S.) |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
Copyright holder: | unknown |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://www.lib.umd.edu/NTL/queries.html. |