Eben Appleton donated the flag with the request that it always remain on view for the public.
From Find-A-Grave.
Full Brock-Perryname: Ebenezer Stuart "Eben" Appleton.
Born 19 August 1845 in Baltimore. Death 1 June 1925.
Buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
Mother Georgeanna Louise Frances Armistead. Born 1817, Died 25 July 1878. Buried Old St. paul's Cemetery, Baltimore
Given the Fort McHenry flag by her father, Lt. Col. George Armistead. The flag was presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society. (Not sure about this.)
--Brock-Perry
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