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Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner
Our Flag Was Still There The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the StarSpangled Banner Author:Jessie Hartland ?So much to like about this, including the folk art?style artwork with childlike appeal, the emphasis on the women who constructed the flag, and the important ways a symbol can influence a country for generations.? ?Booklist (starred review) — From beloved author-illustrator Jessie Hartland comes a whimsical nonfiction picture book that tells the... more » story of the American flag that inspired the poem and our national anthem, ?The Star-Spangled Banner.?
If you go to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, you can see a massive American flag: thirty feet tall and forty-two feet long. That?s huge! But how did it get there? And where did it come from? Well?
The story of this giant flag begins in 1812 and stars a major on the eve of battle, a seamstress and her mighty helpers, and a poet named Francis Scott Key. This isn?t just the story of one flag. It?s the story of ?The Star Spangled-Banner,? a poem that became our national anthem, too.
Dynamically told and stunningly illustrated, Jessie Hartland brings this fascinating and true story to life.« less