Re: [CTRL] The Star Spangled Banner

2003-01-03 Thread John Miller
-Caveat Lector- The Battle of Baltimore, was fought from September 12th -14th, 1814 during the War of 1812. The National Museum of American History, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, displays in its main lobby the Star-Spangled Banner which is 30 feet wide and 42 feet long. Each

Re: [CTRL] The Star Spangled Banner

2003-01-03 Thread klewis
-Caveat Lector- On 3 Jan 2003 at 11:56, John Miller wrote: A 17 by 25 feet storm flag would have been the size of the actual flag flying during the battle. The large flag, however, was raised the following morning as the British were departing from Baltimore.

[CTRL] The Star-Spangled Banner The Freemasons

2002-10-29 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- http://www.jnisbet.com/templar/ssbanner/article1.html THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (Originally published in Atlantis Rising #33 – January/February, 2002) My “Mystery of Bannockburn” article, published in Atlantis Rising issue 31, proposed that the great 1314 battle for