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This historic house from the 18th Century is the place where Mary Pickersgill sewed the flag that would become the 'Star-Spangled Banner' during the War of 1812. The flag flew over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, and when a poet named Francis Scott Key saw the flag still flying proudly after the battle, he was inspired to write the poem that would become the American National Anthem. The house is now attached to a museum about the War of 1812 and the making of the famous flag. Proudly dubbed a historic shrine, this insightful museum has also been an integral part of myriad patriotic movements. Resting behind a charming, red-brick visage, this former house is a striking testimony to Baltimore's historic tenor.
