The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum is the 1793 home of Mary Pickersgill where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812, in the summer of 1813. The museum contains furniture and antiques from the period as well as items from the Pickersgill family. The museum also has exhibits on the War of 1812 and the Battle of Baltimore. Located in the Little Italy section of Baltimore, Maryland.
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