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The design of the American Flag at the time the Star Spangled Banner was produced
included 15 alternating red and white stripes and 15 white stars in blue.
One starCut out
Reverse direction
photographed in 1873 in the Boston Navy Yard
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Quick Facts about the Star-Spangled Banner Flag • Made in Baltimore, Maryland, in July-August 1813 by flag maker
Mary Pickersgill • Original size: 30 feet by 42 feet • Current size: 30 feet by 34 feet • Fifteen stars and fifteen stripes (one star has been cut out) • Raised over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14,
1814, to signal American victory over the British in the Battle of Baltimore; the sight inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”
• On exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in WA D.C. since 1964
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WA D.C. Smithsonian U.S. History Museum