1776 - 1857
Mary Young Pickersgill
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Mary Young Pickersgill is a member of the following lists: People from Baltimore, Maryland, People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and 1857 deaths.
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Birthday |
12th February, 1776
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Birthplace |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Died |
4th October, 1857
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Buried |
Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, section AA
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Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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Occupation Text |
Seamstress, flagmaker
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Mary Pickersgill (born Mary Young; February 12, 1776 – October 4, 1857), was the maker of the Star Spangled Banner Flag hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The daughter of another noted flag maker, Rebecca Young, Pickersgill learned her craft from her mother, and, in 1813, was commissioned by Major George Armistead to make a flag for Baltimore's Fort McHenry that was so large that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a great distance. The flag was installed in August 1813, and, a year later, during the Battle of Baltimore, Francis Scott Key could see the flag while negotiating a prisoner exchange aboard a British vessel, and was inspired to pen the words that became the United States National Anthem.
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