About That Famous "Star-Spangled Banner"-- Part 2

The scrap of that famous flag is on loan to the Airborne & Special Operations Museum from the Star-Spangled Flag House & Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.  It is in a frame and under glass with a card and envelope from Laura Emory, who died in 1967 at the age of 78.  The scrap was found among her personal effects.

The flag flew over Fort McHenry during the British bombardment of the fort September 13-14, 1814.

The bombardment and flag flying was witnessed by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and amateur poet who then was inspired to write the poem "Defense of Fort McHenry.

--Brock-Perry