<P> Available documentation shows that this flag was sewn by local flagmaker Mary Young Pickersgill under a government commission in 1813 at a cost of $405.90 ( equivalent to $5,147 in 2017 ) . George Armistead , the commander of Fort McHenry , specified `` a flag so large that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance '' . </P>
<P> Available documentation shows that this flag was sewn by local flagmaker Mary Young Pickersgill under a government commission in 1813 at a cost of $405.90 ( equivalent to $5,147 in 2017 ) . George Armistead , the commander of Fort McHenry , specified `` a flag so large that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance '' . </P>
when was the star spangled banner flag made
when was the star spangled banner flag made
1813
1813