George Armstead Quotes
We are ready to defend Baltimore against the enemy except that we have no ensign …
The huge Baltimore Flag was quickly commissioned from a local woman and her daughter and it was the one that was still flying, the morning after the British Bombardment of Ft. McHenry—the one referred to in the National Anthem.
George Armstead, *, Commanding Officer, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Letter to General Smith, 1812
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