mary pickerskill was a second generation flag maker. her mother was rebecca young. rebecca young made flags for george washington. what you see also is a display of the typical tools at the time that would have been used for making the flag. we include a little disk of pins. pins we are extremely expensive item at the time. actually would have been a very precious gift if a beau was giving it to his girlfriend. we also have a graphic behind me that shows the size of the star-spangled banner when it was made and the size of the footprint of mary pickerskill's house. it was a small house. the flag was bigger than the house. all those wonderful paintings of women sitting with 40-foot flags in their laps making the flag didn't happen that way. the flag actually had to be taken over to clagget's brewery and they were able to lay the flag flat. it was probably made in three sections then pieced together. mary worked on the flag. the commission was given to her. her daughter caroline purdy worked on the flag. she had two nieces helping and an indentured servant working in

shows the size of the star-spangled banner when it was made and the size of the footprint of mary pickerskill's house. it was a relatively small house. the flag was actually bigger than the house. all those wonderful paintings of women sitting with 40-foot flags in their laps making the flag didn't happen that way. the flag actually had to be taken over to clagget's brewery they borrowed the hops drying room in the attic and they were able to lay the flag flat to do the final piecing. it was probably made in three sex a-- sections and then the three sections pieced together. mary worked on the flag. the commission was given to her. her daughter caroline purdy worked on the flag. she had two nieces helping and an indentured servant working in the house who was in service to learn how to sew. we believe she also was working on the flag. we don't know if rebecca young was working on the flag, but we assume she was probably providing guidance to her daughter on this very important commission. the flag was made in 1813 in baltimore. at the time, baltimore was already under a blockade. it was very ha