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Recounts how Mrs. Pickergill of Baltimore was commissioned to make the huge flag which flew at Fort McHenry over Baltimore Harbor during a battle with the British in 1814.

An introduction to the history and uses of flags. Includes illustrations of national, international, signal, and motor racing flags.

Describes the man and the story behind the creation of America's national anthem, profiling Francis Scott Key as a busy and respected political advisor who was inspired to write his famous poem after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry.

With the Pledge of Allegiance as accompanying text, presents various American flags and gives brief historical information about each.

Legend says that General George Washington asked Betsy Ross to make the country's first official flag. This is why she is sometimes called the "Mother of America's Flag." Learn more in Betsy Ross, one of the titles in the Folk Heroes series.

A photographic essay about flags from countries all over the world and such special flags as signal flags for ships and boats, flags for special festivals and sports, political flags and coatsof arms. Also includes information about the meaning of shapesand colors on flags.