PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
Star Spangled Banner Flags, Outdoor Nylon: USA made of nylon flag material with appliquéd / sewn stars and sewn stripes. Nylon flags are offered stock in 3x5 ft. Allow 1-2 weeks on larger 4x6 ft and 5x8 ft. sizes.
Star Spangled Banner Flags, Bulldog Cotton: USA made of cotton flag material with appliquéd / sewn stars and sewn stripes. Produced by Annin. Cotton flags are offered in 3x5 ft only.
Both nylon and cotton Star Spangeld Banner flags are finished with a canvas heading and two brass grommets on the hoist side, 2 rows of stitching top and bottom sides and 4 rows of stitching on the fly side. They are attached to the flagpole by means of a halyard (rope) and flag snaps, or to smaller poles with flag fasteners.
Star Spangled Banner Desktop flags are made in the United States. Size is 4 x 6 inch, lightweight nylon material, hemmed all four sides, mounted on 10” black staffs with a golden spear point. Table top bases are available in black plastic to display from 1- 7 flags. Wood bases are available with either 10 holes or 12 holes to display additional flags.
FLAG DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
The flag known as the Star Spangled Banner or sometines War of 1812 flag, has 15 stars displayed in 5 rows of 3 each on the blue star field and 15 red and white stripes. This is the only stars and stripes flag that carried 15 stripes. It was this garrison sized stars and stripes that flew over Fort McHenry, Baltimore when defending against attack by British Navy ships on September 13, 1814. Francis Scott Key was detained on a British frigate and could only watch the defense of Fort McHenry as the battle continued overnight. At dawn he saw that the flag was still proudly waving and he was inspired to write the words for the “Star Spangled Banner”, which later became the National Anthem of the U.S.
It was this 15 stars and stripes banner that was carried by the American Navy and Marines in war against the Barbary Pirates and which they hoisted over the fort at Derne, Tripoli, on April 27, 1805. It was the same flag under which Commodore Perry won the battle of Lake Erie in September 1813, and General Andrew Jackson signaled victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans in Janaury of 1815, the last major battle of the War of 1812.
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