An engaging history of the United States flag known as the Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the 1814 poem that in 1931 became the American National Anthem. The flag was ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

As the dawn's early light approaches, so does our Hometown Hotspot. September marks the anniversary of the U.S. National Anthem. This morning, we are learning more about the history of the ...

"Baltimore was a very good place to have a flag business," says Jean Ehmann, a guide who shows visitors around the Pickersgill house, now a National Historic Landmark known as the Star-Spangled Banner ...

OPRF senior Anika Sherman went from singing the national anthem at a Taco John’s to performing before 65,000 fans at Soldier ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is an altered version of the ...

The Pickersgill home is part of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House complex. It's where Mrs. Pickersgill, her mom, her daughter and an indentured servant sewed two flags commissioned for Fort McHenry ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion of the ...

The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House has named Orioles Head Groundskeeper Nicole McFadyen the 2016 recipient of the Mary Pickersgill Award for Women's Leadership in Business. McFadyen will accept the ...