The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore is opening a new exhibit about the creator of the flag that inspired the national anthem.

"Mary Pickersgill lived during the War of 1812, which is when the flag was created. The flag that inspired the national anthem had nothing to do with Betsy Ross," said Flag House executive ...

An illustration in yesterday’s Today section of Mary Pickersgill sewing the flag that inspired the “Star-Spangled Banner” should have been credited to the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House of ...

Edna Williams Lawrence froze at the sight of a dotted outline of an absent figure in a painting of seamstress Mary Young Pickersgill during her first visit three years ago to The Star-Spangled Bann… ...

When Mary Pickersgill created the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write The Star-Spangled Banner, it was too large to spread out in her home, so she had to piece it together on the ...

In July 1813, Mary Pickersgill began sewing the biggest flag she had ever made. The United States was at war with Britain. The commander at Fort McHenry in Baltimore wanted an American flag so ...

"Everybody forgot Mary Pickersgill and I want everybody to remember that she made the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' not Betsy Ross," Valkendurgh said.

Baltimore has been a beer-drinking town since flagmaker Mary Pickersgill sewed the Stars and Stripes on the floor of a local brewery in 1812. Since the first German immigrants set up elaborate ...

Despite popular folklore, it was Mary Pickersgill, not Betsy Ross, who made the star-spangled banner flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's words, according to the Smithsonian Institution.

2003-07-04 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Because Betsy Ross has the myth market cornered when it comes to making the American flag, hardly anyone has heard of Mary Pickersgill. But the immense flag ...

Mary Pickersgill owned the shop “operated entirely by women,” Hartland notes, including an unnamed African-American indentured servant (an author’s note offers additional detail).

In 1813, Baltimore flag maker Mary Pickersgill created in just six weeks the 30-by-42-foot flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.