The Flag Maker
Title | The Flag Maker PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780618267576 |
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Mary Young Pickersgill Flag Maker of the Star-Spangled Banner
Title | Mary Young Pickersgill Flag Maker of the Star-Spangled Banner PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Johnston and Pat Pilling |
Publisher | Author House |
Pages | 137 |
Release | 2014-10-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1496942310 |
Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner tells the story of how a young widow in the summer of 1813 made two large flags for Fort McHenry in Baltimore. The young United States was at war with Great Britain, and Fort McHenry prepared for an attack from the British. All was ready at the fort except for a proper set of flags. George Armistead, commander at Fort McHenry, needed the hand sewn flags in a hurry giving Mary Pickersgill just six weeks to produce them. This book will explain how Mary Pickersgill learned to make flags, where she obtained the four hundred yards of fabric, woven only in England, to make the flag, how she organized a small work force of young women, including a free African-American indentured servant, to sew the flags and where she found a workplace to make such large flags. Surprisingly, Mary Pickersgill did not consider sewing the Star-Spangled Banner the greatest accomplishment of her life. Under her leadership, a Baltimore charitable organization helped poor widows find work to support their families. The organization raised the funds to build the Home for Aged Widows that opened with great publicity and fanfare six years before Mary Pickersgill died. The Pickersgill Retirement Home in Towson has its roots in Mary Pickersgill's crowning achievement of her lifetime. The stirring history of Mary Pickersgill's family is included in the book and helps explain Mary Pickersgill's drive and determination to produce the flags for Fort McHenry when the city of Baltimore was under imminent attack. The book also describes how the Star-Spangled Banner became the most important object in the Smithsonian's vast collection. In addition, the book recounts the history of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association that preserved the little house on the corner of Pratt and Albemarle Streets as a museum to honor Mary Pickersgill's legacy.
The Flag Maker
Title | The Flag Maker PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2010-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781437972283 |
The Flag Maker
Title | The Flag Maker PDF eBook |
Author | Perfection Learning Corporation |
Publisher | Turtleback |
Pages | |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781663616654 |
Mary Young Pickersgill Flag Maker of the Star-Spangled Banner
Title | Mary Young Pickersgill Flag Maker of the Star-Spangled Banner PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Pilling |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 137 |
Release | 2014-10-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1496943171 |
Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner tells the story of how a young widow in the summer of 1813 made two large flags for Fort McHenry in Baltimore. The young United States was at war with Great Britain, and Fort McHenry prepared for an attack from the British. All was ready at the fort except for a proper set of flags. George Armistead, commander at Fort McHenry, needed the hand sewn flags in a hurry giving Mary Pickersgill just six weeks to produce them. This book will explain how Mary Pickersgill learned to make flags, where she obtained the four hundred yards of fabric, woven only in England, to make the flag, how she organized a small work force of young women, including a free African-American indentured servant, to sew the flags and where she found a workplace to make such large flags. Surprisingly, Mary Pickersgill did not consider sewing the Star-Spangled Banner the greatest accomplishment of her life. Under her leadership, a Baltimore charitable organization helped poor widows find work to support their families. The organization raised the funds to build the Home for Aged Widows that opened with great publicity and fanfare six years before Mary Pickersgill died. The Pickersgill Retirement Home in Towson has its roots in Mary Pickersgills crowning achievement of her lifetime. The stirring history of Mary Pickersgills family is included in the book and helps explain Mary Pickersgills drive and determination to produce the flags for Fort McHenry when the city of Baltimore was under imminent attack. The book also describes how the Star-Spangled Banner became the most important object in the Smithsonians vast collection. In addition, the book recounts the history of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Association that preserved the little house on the corner of Pratt and Albemarle Streets as a museum to honor Mary Pickersgills legacy.
Betsy Ross's Five Pointed Star
Title | Betsy Ross's Five Pointed Star PDF eBook |
Author | John Balderston Harker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Flags |
ISBN | 9781887774154 |
Betsy Rosss Star Spangled Banner is a highly readable historically perspective on the origin of our earliest flag and how it evolved into the Star Spangled Banner. John B. Harker presents stunning illustrations and facts regarding the first American flag, giving credit where credit is due to both Betsy Ross and to Francis Hopkinson. The author provides his familys folklore to rectify misconceptions and to promote the true story of Betsy Rosss five-pointed star flag and how she got credit, erroneously for the later designs.
Flag Maker
Title | Flag Maker PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780605540972 |