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	Mary Young Pickersgill Encyclopedia Article @ Glories.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pickersgill to sew a flag "so large that the British will have no difficulty seeing it from a distance." She was able to hand sew the flag in just six weeks with the help of her daughter, two nieces, and two African American servants.
		Pickersgill’s flag while he was held captive on a British ship and was inspired to compose the poem that became the 1944 of the United States.
		Mary Pickersgill was the namesake of a Baltimore, Maryland 1795, the 1869, launched in 1851.
	www.glories.org /encyclopedia/Mary_Young_Pickersgill (690 words)

	Mary Young Pickersgill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mary Young Pickersgill (1776-1857) is the flagmaker of the famous banner hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
		Mary returned to Baltimore in 1807 with her widowed mother and young daughter, Caroline.
		Pickersgill’s flag while he was held captive on a British ship and was inspired to compose the poem that became the national anthem of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Young_Pickersgill (553 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
		Mary Pickersgill, a flag maker, lived in the house from 1807 until her death in 1857.
		When Mary moved to Baltimore in 1807 she was a widow and the head of her household.
		Mary, her mother, flag maker Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline moved to Baltimore and began a successful business that led to her being selected to make one of the most important flags in our Nation’s history.
	www.flaghouse.org /about/a_hist.html (628 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
		Mary Pickersgill moved into the house on the corner of Albemarle and Queen Streets in 1807 with her young daughter, Caroline, and her mother Rebecca Flower Young.
		Mary Pickersgill worked hard and long hours to support her family and prospered enough by 1820 to buy the house which she had been renting since 1807.
		Mary was the youngest of the five surviving children born to Rebecca and William.
	www.flaghouse.org /teacher/t_lesson.html (6437 words)

	History's Women An Online Magazine
		Mary Young Pickersgill was born in 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the difficult period of the Revolutionary War.
		Mary took up the trade of flagmaking, needing to support herself and her daughter.
		Mary and her daughter Caroline, then only a mere 13 years-old, accomplished the task in six weeks.
	www.historyswomen.com /earlyamerica/MaryYoungPickersgill.html (396 words)

	Casebook: The War of 1812 - Mary Young Pickersgill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mary Young Pickersgill was born in Philadelphia on February 12, 1776 in Philadelphia, the youngest child in her family.
		Mary Young married John Pickersgill at Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore on October 2, 1795, when she was aged 19.
		Mary Pickersgill moved back to Baltimore, and following her mother's profession of flagmaker, she became a flagmaker and maker of ships' colors.
	warof1812.casebook.org /people/people_summary.html?id=7436da5282d45aedee9a4d5409b3888e (550 words)

	: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
		Pickersgill, with the help of her daughter, her mother and two nieces, worked for weeks by candlelight sewing the flag that Armistead had ordered.
		Since it was too large to fit in her house, Mary Pickersgill spread the 42-foot by 30-foot flag on the floor of a nearby brewery.
		Now hanging in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Mary Pickersgill's flag was forever immortalized by lawyer/poet Francis Scott Key in his anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner." While he was pleading for the release of a prisoner taken by the British, Key himself was taken prisoner and held during the unsuccessful 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry.
	www.sun-sentinel.com /60933,0,4620836.location (363 words)

	Volunteer Central
		Pickersgill is a nonprofit retirement community with a strong heritage of benevolent purpose.
		Pickersgill is a continuing care retirement community for residents 62 years of age or older.
		Mary Pickersgill, seamstress of the "Star-Spangled Banner" Flag and one of the early leaders of the organization, served as President of the Board of Lady Managers in 1851 when the Aged Women's Home first opened at West Lexington Street and Franklin Square.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /bvu-maryland/org/7703134.html (699 words)

	Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 30
		She married Joseph Pickersgill, son of John Pickersgill and Mary Fearsly, on 8 April 1827 at Saint Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Per IGI sealing to spouse is by extraction.
		Mary Pickersgill was born in August 1821 at Armley, Yorkshire, England.
		Mary Jasper was born in 1806 at Altarnon, Cornwall, England.
	www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p30.htm (6019 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
		Mary Pickersgill’s home is authentically furnished in the Federal period and features artifacts belonging to Mrs.
		Mary, undoubtedly learned her flag making skills from her mother at this time.
		Pickersgill’s story is not limited to her work as a flag maker.
	www.flaghouse.org /about/a_flag.html (4285 words)

	The Science of History
		The American Flag, which was made by Mary Pickersgill and her 13-year-old daugher, Caroline was made of wool bunting with cotton stars.
		Pickersgill had experience with ship flags and spent weeks measuring, cutting and sewing the 15 stars and stripes for the flag.
		Pickersgill and her daughter realized their home was not large enough.
	home.maine.rr.com /koelker/sohweb/soh.htm (601 words)

	StarsSpangled
		Mary Pickersgill mother's brother, Colonel Benjamin Flower was a friend of General George Washington.
		Mary was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 12, 1776.
		Mary was married to John Pickersgill on October 2, 1795 when she was nineteen years old.
	www.geocities.com /kjlick/StarsSpangled.html (995 words)

	September Trivia Quiz 2005 - Answer 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mary Pickersgill (1776-1857) 150 years before women entered the business world, Mary Pickersgill was a successful businesswoman whose flag-making business was chosen to sew a flag to fly over Fort McHenry during the 1814 Battle of Baltimore.
		Pickersgill was President of the Impartial Female Humane Society that helped impoverished families with school vouchers for children and employment for “deserted” wives.
		In 1959 this institution moved to its present location in Towson and is known as the Pickersgill Retirement Community.
	www.co.ba.md.us /News/trivia/septemberanswers2005/qa2.html (122 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner
		A local seamstress, Mary Young Pickersgill, was hired to fashion a large flag to be flown over the fort in defiance.
		On the morning of the 14th, the American commander had the Pickersgill flag (which was not flown through the night) raised as proof that McHenry had not fallen.
		Mary Pickersgill and the Flag House The Flag House is located on the northwest corner of Albemarle...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h509.html (537 words)

	History Corner: "Original Stars & Stripes Inspired the Nation's Anthem" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Commissioned to produce the special banner was Mary Pickersgill, who sewed flags professionally in her Baltimore home.
		The project was so large — the flag was originally 30 feet wide and '42 feet long — that she had to use space in nearby Clagett's brewery to lay out the English wool bunting.
		Pickersgill's 13 year-old daughter, Caroline Purdy, helped with the flag, which was completed in August 1813 and cost $405.90.
	www.sgaus.org /flag.htm (671 words)

	Baltimore Travel Itinerary--U.S.C.G.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mary Pickersgill lived here from 1807 until her death in 1857.
		In addition to maintaining the house, the City built a public museum with artifacts from the War of 1812 that connects physically and thematically with the Flag House, including Mary's $405.90 invoice for her work.
		The Smithsonian Institution continues to protect and exhibit Mary's flag, which was the world's largest when it was completed.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/baltimore/b27.htm (271 words)

	Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 29
		He married Mary Ann Barker, daughter of Joseph Barker and Mary Ann Doidge, on 1 January 1889 at Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, Note: Per Family record of Dora Dean Young (Bruce), daughter of Ida Devenport Dean, SS submitted 1999 for Mary Ann Barker and Leroy Weston.
		This was prepared, it would appear, before her trip to England in 1965 and before she got a copy of the marriage license of John Pickersgill and Mary Fearsly, as she does not list it as one of the sources of information on her family group sheet.
		Mary Barker was christened on 1 December 1764 at Bramley, Yorkshire, England.
	www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p29.htm (5765 words)

	Star Spangled Banner (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Major George Armistead, the stronghold's commander, was ready to defend the fort, but he wanted a flag that would identify his position, and one whose size would be visible to the enemy from a distance.
		Pickersgill spent several weeks measuring, cutting, and sewing the 15 stars and stripes.
		Pickersgill thus asked the owner of nearby Claggett's brewery for permission to assemble the flag on the building's floor during evening hours.
	www.150.si.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /chap3/flag.htm (749 words)

	Drama
		Mary Pickersgill, a local seamstress, to sew a gigantic American flag to fly over the fort.
		Pickersgill, I know that you have made flags for many ships, but now I want you to make a flag bigger than any you have ever sewn.
		Pickersgill asked and got permission to use the floor of a large warehouse in Baltimore to spread out her flag.
	www.aetn.org /education/WebATI/ATI05/July/Encore!/drama.htm (1299 words)

	Mary Pickersgill House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mary Pickersgill House, Baltimore, MD or The Star Spangled Banner House
		Mary Pickersgill lived in Baltimore with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter.
		Early the next morning after the battle he saw that Mary's flag was still flying and that the United States had won the battle.
	www.charm.net /~edrtjd/kids/pickersgill.htm (160 words)

	Bookview, issue 200, Wm.Tineken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mary Young Pickersgill was widowed at a young age and went on to run a successful business, a rare achievement for a women in that male-dominated time.
		Pickersgill and her workers six week to make the flag in July and August 1813.
		It was only eight years that Mary Ellin learned that she had a brother and what Christmas had become.
	hometown.aol.com /_ht_a/bookviewzine/issue200.html (3527 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As indicated in the receipt for payment, on Oct. 27, 1813, Mary Pickersgill was paid $405.90 for the large flag and $168.54 for the smaller one.
		The receipt for payment was signed for Mary Pickersgill by her niece, Eliza Young, and endorsed on the reverse by Major Armistead.
		It is in the collection of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore, Md. Mary Pickersgill's 13-year old daughter, Caroline, along with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her nieces Eliza and Margaret Young, are believed to have helped make the flag.
	www.americanhistory.si.edu /ssb/8_mystery/8c_whomade/main8c4.html (163 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, Baltimore at Epinions.com
		Mary was the sewer of the Star-Spangled Banner, the giant 30 X 42 foot flag made famous by Francis Scott Key.
		Our excited and well-informed guide told us a lot about the items in each room, Mary’s life, and how she came to sew what is quite possibly history’s most famous flag.
		Our tour of the Pickersgill Home lasted about forty-five minutes and was much more interesting and thorough than some other historical home tours I have suffered through.
	www.epinions.com /content_260763586180 (750 words)

	BaltimoreStories
		Pickersgill, a Baltimore widow who had had experience making ship flags, was ready for the challenge.
		Pickersgill then asked the owner of nearby Claggett's brewery for permission to assemble the flag on the building's basement floor during evening hours.
		Museum History: From Past to Present: When the Flag House became a museum in 1927, the first curators lived in the upper stories of Mary Pickersgill's 19th century home and ran the bottom floor as a museum.
	www.baltimorestories.com /main.cfm?nid=4&tid=100 (349 words)

	Kid's Club: Tattie's Travels--Star Spangled Banner
		Mary Pickersgill made the flag that flew over Fort McHeny with the help of her 13 year-old daughter, Caroline.
		This time Polo Ralph Lauren headed up the project, and their goal was to restore the flag to be as colorful as it was in 1813, when Mary Pickersgill made it.
		The "V" on the flag is actually an "A" that stands for the lieutenant colonel Armistead who ordered the flag from Mary Pickersgill.
	www.senate.gov /~craig/kidsclub/trav_ssb.htm (526 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Mary Young Pickersgill
		Mary Young Pickersgill, born February 12, 1776 in Philadelphia Pa; died October 4, 1857 in Baltimore.
		Mary Ann Pickersgill, born May 10, 1797 in Phila; died May 23, 1797 in Phila.
		Eliza Pickersgill, born December 26, 1799 in Phila; died January 26, 1800 in Phila.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/p/i/l/Pat-Pilling/GENE3-0001.html (132 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner Flag House Activity
		It is an enchanting story about the flag made by Mary Pickersgill told by her daughter Caroline.
		(Mary Pickersgill used about 400 yards of wool.) Have students compute what the cost would be by today's prices.
		Students could research the life of Mary Pickersgill's mother (Rebecca Flower Young) who made the Grand Union Flag which General George Washington raised over his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 1, 1776.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/FT/Star_Sp_Banner_House_Act.html (737 words)

	Star Spangled Banner
		Assisted by her 13-year old daughter, Caroline, and by two of her nieces, Eliza and Margaret Young, Mary may also have received help from her mother, Rebecca Young, who was a flagmaker as well.
		The garrison flag that Mary Pickersgill made for Fort McHenry measured 30 x 42 feet, about one quarter the size of a basketball court.
		Mary Pickersgill's house has been preserved as a museum.
	www.saratogaflag.com /starspangledbanner.html (2717 words)

	Famous Marylanders, Henrietta Szold,James Rouse, Wolman, Abel, Mary Pickersgill, Matthew Henson, Clara Barton,
		Famous Marylanders, Henrietta Szold,James Rouse, Wolman, Abel, Mary Pickersgill, Matthew Henson, Clara Barton,
		Mary Pickersgill is credited as the firstBaltimore woman to direct a charity organization.
		Mary Pickersgill was hired by Maj. George Armistead to make a large U.S. flag to fly over Fort McHenry inBaltimore in 1813.
	www.sailor.lib.md.us /maryland/famous/oth.html (190 words)

	The History of The American Flag
		Mary Pickersgill along with her daughter Caroline, sewed the Star-Spangled Flag for Fort McHenry per the request of Colonel Armistead (during the War of 1812.) Two flags were made; a large one (30 x 42 feet) and a smaller one (to be flown in bad weather.) She was paid $500 for making the two flags.
		The U.S. flag made by Mary Pickersgill had 15 stripes as well as 15 stars.
		On February 25, young John Adams, grandson of one president and son of President John Quincy Adams, married Mary Catherine Hellen in the White House.
	www.geocities.com /flag_of_usa/history_of_the_american_flag.htm (1535 words)

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