Lee — With fanfare matching that of a local parade, the town welcomed the Smithsonian Institution’s “Museum on Main Street,” ...

The American flag has appeared on countless United States postage stamps, was placed on the moon in 1969 by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong and has been a symbol of ...

According to The Institute of Heraldry ... “The Defense of Fort McHenry.” You might know it better as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Here are 10 more things you never knew about our national ...

Bunch III - Smithsonian Institution Never has public access ... from the aforementioned flag that flew over Fort McHenry, to the portable desk Thomas Jefferson used to pen the Declaration of ...

the Fort McHenry flag —and every American flag — resonates as a symbol of freedom, opportunity, equality around the world and of the individual rights that form the linchpin of our democracy. Lonnie G ...

Bunch III is the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... The American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to ...

The Smithsonian’s artifacts and archives capture the sweep of American history and the nation’s democratic principles, from the aforementioned flag that flew over Fort McHenry, to the portable ...

The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907 ... the commander of Fort McHenry. Knowing that his fort was a likely British target, Armistead, in the summer of 1813 ...

13, 1814, following a 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British ... His grandson, George Armistead, donated the flag to the Smithsonian Institute in 1907. It is largely because of Lt.