The Star-Spangled Banner Flag-- Part 2: The Great Garrison Flag

The larger of the two flags made for Armistead is referred to as the Great Garrison Flag and it was the largest battle flag ever flown up until that time.

The smaller one was known as the Storm Flag and was more durable and less prone to fouling in inclement weather.

The flag was most likely sewn by Mary Young Pickersgill, a noted Baltimore seamstress.  She received a government commission to make it in 1813.  Cost of the flags was $405.90.  Major George Armistead specifically wanted "a flag so large that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance."

--Brock-Perry