Raising the Star Spangled Banner
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they're actually building a replacement right now for the flagpole, all by hand. the one shown here is now dry wrotting from the inside out, so i bet if they tried to fly the 30x42 right now, the pole would just shatter XD
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Yes, the original was 30 ft wide by 42 foot long and is in the Smithsonian. Can you imagine sewing one of these by hand! The original cost then over 500 dollars, by todays standards that should be 10 to 20,000 dollars
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Wow!...They're still working on it!
I don't know if they had to get some (new) fabric for the time-consuming task in getting it cleaned and/or repaired.
That's incredible. :)
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They paid Pickersgill about $600 for the flag. The Secretary of the Navy made about $2000 a year, so that was pretty good payday. They had to assemble the final flag in a brewery next to Pickersgill's home/workshop because that was only place with enough space and big enough tables for the job.
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Actually, drummergirll, both, the storm flag and the large flag was sewn in 1814.
I think the total cost of both of those flags was more than $300.00.
By today's standards(((pun))), that would be a heck of a deal for both of these flags that size.
I think the flags that size are a bit more expensive nowadays.
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Where is the original flag now?
I know that it was taken down to be cleaned very carefully, about seven years ago(on account of the age and condition of the fabric).
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omg that thing is HUGE!!!!.. i can jus imagine Mary Pickersgill and her mom sewing a flag that huge in 1812! wow she was a good sewer lol
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If you visit the Smithsonian Institute web site and do a search for 'star spangled banner', you can find out about the flag and the exhibit's current status. Unfortunatley, youtube won't let me post the link here.
qacdad 4 years ago
The original is at the Smithsonian in D.C. in the process of being restored. We actually saw it a few years ago, before they closed public access to the area. It's amazing how painstaking that process is. I think the restoration is due to be completed later this year, or early next year.
qacdad 4 years ago
It is 30 feet by 41 or 42 feet. Each stripe is 2 feet wide!
qacdad 4 years ago