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Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0618267573
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Author : Sally Johnston and Pat Pilling
Publisher : Author House
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : Flags
ISBN : 9781496942319
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.
Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663616655
Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1437972284
Author : Sally Johnston and Pat Pilling
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496943170
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.
Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0605540977
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1350 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924064676525
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858045182411
Author : James Alfred Moss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Flags
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041337259
Author : United States. Committee on Public Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : NYPL:33433081557369
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1322 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Law
ISBN : MSU:31293011645383
Author : Arnaldo Testi
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814783221
Now an acclaimed European professor of American history brings a fresh perspective to the American flag, exploring its political, social, and cultural significance across the broad swath of its history. Mining a rich vein of materials from history, literature, music, and popular culture, Arnaldo Testi analyzes the symbolic importance of the flag to the national consciousness of this "nation of immigrants" and sees in it the very contradictions that make up our history: secularism and sacredness, freedom and empire, inclusiveness and aggressive self-confidence.
Author : Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0742551377
In this landmark narrative history of Chicago during the Civil War, Theodore J. Karamanski examines the people and events that formed this critical period in the city's history. Using diaries, letters, and newspapers that survived the Great Fire of 1871, he shows how Chicagoans' opinions evolved from a romantic and patriotic view of the war to recognition of the conflict's brutality. Located a safe distance behind the battle lines and accessible to the armies via rail and waterways, the city's economy grew feverishly while increasing population strained Chicago's social fabric. From the great Republican convention of 1860 in the "Wigwam," to the dismal life of Confederate prisoners in Camp Douglas on the South Side of Chicago, Rally 'Round the Flag paints a vivid picture of the Midwest city vigorously involved in the national conflict.
Author : Pan American Union
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : America
ISBN : UIUC:30112083418886
Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117926605