Leave sufficient space to illustrate each excerpt with the images the class chooses or creates. Check with your local VFW Post. For "What Does the Flag Mean?
In addition, students who will give the survey at home will need copies of the images. Reducing the size of the images and placing them on one sheet would save paper. Activity 1. Tell them the class will be compiling a list of all of their flag sightings. Their sightings can include actual flags, images of flags and references to the flag. Compile the class list of flag sightings.
Follow with a discussion about the flag. Pose the following sorts of questions to the students: Why is the flag important in the military? Why did an American astronaut leave an American flag on the moon? Why do American athletes cry when they see the flag and hear the National Anthem played during the Olympics? And finally, why does the American flag symbolize pride for the United States? Why are so many people looking at the flag in the photograph?
What do students notice about the condition of the flag? How many stars were there all together? What could have happened to the damaged star? What in the classroom can help us visualize the size of the stars in this flag, which are two feet across? How big does that make the whole flag? Why would a flag meant to fly at a fort be made so large? What may have caused the present condition of the flag? How can you tell? This is the same flag as in the first photo. What's going on in the painting?
Identify the flag for the class as the Star-Spangled Banner. Tell students they will understand the difficult words better and learn more about the early history of the Star-Spangled Banner flag and song by analyzing some primary source materials.
Introduce the research questions the class will try to answer as they review the materials: What happened on Tuesday, Sept. What in the first verse of the National Anthem refers to something that actually happened?
Which objects indicate that Francis Scott Key's poem was popular? Why do you think the poem was so popular? Did the song immediately become our National Anthem? What caused the present condition of the flag known as the Star-Spangled Banner? What indication is there that the bombardment of Fort McHenry and the subsequent events surrounding Key's poem are considered important today? Include the captions with the image or document. These materials could be displayed for the whole class or particular images or documents can be assigned to student groups or individuals.
One of only ten copies known to exist, this copy of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is housed today in the Library of Congress. Certain people were granted the privilege of cutting fragments from the flag as souvenirs. Louisa Armistead sewed the red chevron on one of the flag's white stripes. According to her daughter, she intended it to be the letter A, probably for "Armistead. Holograph manuscript.
Exhilarated by the successful defense of the fort, Key wrote the words that became in the National Anthem of the United States. Key wrote the poem in ; rewriting it by hand in indicates the ongoing popularity of the piece. War of Article. The preserved flag resting on an angle with protective lighting at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.
Illustration of the Battle of Fort McHenry Throughout this battle, Key was in the harbor hearing cannon fire and the booms of explosives. Related Articles. View All Related Resources. Related Battles. Fort McHenry.
Estimated Casualties. United States View Full Battle Overview. A Brief Overview of the War of Treaty of Ghent. Fort McHenry - September , Initially they worked from Mary's home now a private museum known as the Flag House , but as their work progressed they needed more room and had to move to Claggett's brewery across the street.
On August 19, , the flag was delivered to Fort McHenry. It was this storm flag—not the garrison flag now known as the Star-Spangled Banner—which actually flew during the battle. The garrison flag, according to eyewitness accounts, wasn't raised until the morning.
After the Battle of Baltimore. Armistead remained in command of Fort McHenry for the rest of his life. Historians are not sure how the Armistead family came into possession of the flag, but upon Armistead's death in , his wife Louisa inherited it.
It is she who is thought to have sewed the red upside-down "V" on the flag, beginning the stitches for the letter "A. When Louisa died in , she passed the flag down to their daughter Georgiana Armistead Appleton over the legal objections of their son. In , Georgiana loaned the flag to George Preble, a flag historian who until that time had thought the flag was lost. That same year, Preble had the first known photograph of it taken at the Boston Navy Yard and exhibited it at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, where he stored it until While the Star-Spangled Banner was in Preble's care, Georgiana allowed him to give away pieces of the flag as he saw fit.
Georgiana, herself, had given away cuttings of the flag to other Armistead descendants, as well as family friends. She once noted, "[H]ad we given all that we have been importuned for little would be left to show. Several of these cuttings from the Star-Spangled Banner have been located over the years, including about a dozen that are owned by the American History Museum.
The Star-Spangled Banner is traditionally played at the beginning of public sports events and orchestral concerts in the United States, in addition to other public gatherings. Many famous musicians have sung the national anthem at major sports events such as the World Series or the Super Bowl. When the national anthem is played, it is customary to stand and face the U. While it is often appropriate to sing along, remaining seated or talking during the national anthem is typically considered disrespectful, especially if members of the military or veterans are present.
Americans take great pride in the national anthem, and we hope all exchange visitors will have an opportunity to learn the words and sing along with the anthem at some point during their programs. National Anthem. How is the national anthem treated in your home country? Tell us about it in the comments!
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