Our flag was still there

the Star Spangled Banner that survived the British and 200 years -- and the Armistead family who saved it
Tom McMillan
Book - 2023

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.

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Main Author: McMillan, Tom, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knox Press, [2023]
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