Major, multi-year conservation effort launched in 1998.On exhibit at the National Museum of American History since 1964.First loaned to the Smithsonian Institution in 1907 converted to permanent gift in 1912.Preserved by the Armistead family as a memento of the battle.Raised over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14, 1814, to signal American victory over the British in the Battle of Baltimore the sight inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
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