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Mary Pickersgill Commissioned

While making preparations for the Battle of Baltimore, Major George Armistead requested a flag "...so large that the British will have no diffiulty in seeing it from a distance..." to be flown over Fort McKenry. Mary Pickersgill, of Baltimore, was commissioned to construct the flag. With help from her daughter, Caroline Purdy, she sewed a woolen flag measuring 42 feet long by 30 feet hight, a remarkably large flag. The flag had fifteen stars and strips.>>LEARN MORE>>

The effort to designate the Star-Spangled Banner as the official National Anthem of the United States started with the United States Daughters of 1812.

OLD FORT NIAGARA

ORIGINAL STARS & STRIPES

On Display At Fort

The original flag, always on display at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, NY, is older than the Star-Spangled Banner (both the song and the flag) and is the actual flag that was flown at the Fort during the War of 1812. To learn more, visit Old Fort Niagara's website.

>>WWW.OLDFORTNIAGARA.ORG>>

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE

HOME OF MARY PICKERSGILL

Sewed Garrison Flag

Step into living history and immerse youself in one of the most riveting stories in our nation's history.

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THE REAL STORY OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

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History of the Star-Spangled Banner (Video).

Overview of Old Fort Niagara (Video).

STAR-SPANGLED BANNER DAY

September 14, 1814

FRIENDS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SOCIETY

Battle of Plattsburgh Association

Dunkirk Lighthouse

Fort Niagara

Henderson Historical Society

Historical Association of Lewiston

Ischua Valley Historical Society
Kent deLord House

Martinsburg Historical Society

National Society United States Daughters of 1812

Niagara County Historian's Office

Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance

Ten Broeck Mansion

Home of the Albany County Historical Association

The Society of the Second War With Great Britain in the State of NY

NY Daughters honor War of 1812 Heroine Celea Sampson Cole

DUNKIRK LIGHTHOUSE

Dedication of plaque to honor

War of 1812 Heroine Celea

Sampson "Widow" Cole

Lighthouse Website

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Perhaps no other state played a greater role in the War of 1812 than New York. During the 32-month war, also known as America's Second War for Independence, the Americans fought the British on land and water from Buffalo to Plattsburgh. Historic sites from forts to battlefields to museums to the gravesite of "Uncle Sam" can be visited across the state.

NEW YORK IN THE WAR OF 1812

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NEW YORK HERITAGE

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NIAGARA PARKS

War of 1812 History Begins Here

BATTLEFIELDS / MILITARY PARKS

Upstate New York

MARITIME MUSEUM

Lake Champlain

UNCLE SAM

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The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812.

U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE - Blog

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Burning of Buffalo

New York Harbor

Oswego County, War of 1812

Plattsburgh battle

Sackets Harbor

Washington & Saratoga Counties

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New York State Battles