File:Flag of the United States (1795–1818).svg

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Ɛmu nkyerɛkyere mu

Digital reproduction of the Star Spangled Banner Flag, the 15-star and 15-stripe U.S. garrison flag which flew over Fort McHenry following the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle, and again the following morning, inspired Francis Scott Key's song The Star-Spangled Banner, now the U.S. national anthem. During the battle a smaller "storm flag" was flown; it was replaced by this larger flag early the next morning, which is the flag Key saw then. This larger flag is now displayed at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. For several decades it remained in the family of Fort McHenry's commanding officer, before being given to the Smithsonian in 1912. The family cut pieces out of the flag from time to time as gifts.

The original flag was 42 feet long and 30 feet high, with each stripe being about two feet, and the stars being about two feet in diameter. It was made by Mary Young Pickersgill and her assistants. More info on the original dimensions here. The stars seem to mostly point to the side, except for one (the bottom right) which points down. One star has been cut out of the actual flag, so I'm guessing that originally pointed to the side as well (Fort McHenry flies a flag (File:Ft mchenry 15starflag.jpg) with a similar star pattern, but it looks like they are all to the side, and the other dimensions look similar to a modern flag). I guesstimated other dimensions and star positions based on File:Star-Spangled-Banner-1908-1919.jpg; the union (blue area) looks to be about 19 feet wide. The star rows look to be evenly distributed; i.e. the distance between the top/bottom edges and the center of a star row looks to be about the same as the distance between two (centers of) rows. Not so left-to-right; they are pretty close to the right edge and even closer to the hoist side. Also available here, page 12.

Beaɛ a ɛfiri

Wo ankasa w'adwuma

Ɔtwerɛfoɔ

Carl Lindberg

Akwanya
(Fa nkrataa no di dwuma biom)

I don't think this is eligible for copyright (just duplicating as closely as possible an existing PD flag) but if in case it is, then I release all rights to the public domain.

This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

Other versions

Photo of actual flag

Kratafa ne ho abakɔsɛm

Mia ɛda/berɛ no so na hwɛ sɛnea krataa no baeɛ wo saa berɛ nom

	Da/Mmere	Akwan ahodoɔ	Odwumdini	Adwenkyerɛ
nea ɛkɔ so	02:01, 30 Ɛbɔ 2023	840 × 600 (914 bytes)	Clindberg	Reverted to version as of 19:09, 7 June 2023 (UTC). The recent reversion broke the star placement; this is supposed to be a close representation of the star spangled banner flag.
	19:18, 10 Kitawonsa 2023	1,050 × 750 (1 KB)	Sus2021	Reverted to version as of 18:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
	19:09, 7 Ayɛwohomumɔ 2023	840 × 600 (914 bytes)	Clindberg	Reverted to version as of 16:17, 17 January 2022 (UTC). This was the most recent version with the correct star placement matching the Star Spangled Banner flag, which this upload is supposed to represent.
	18:31, 6 Ayɛwohomumɔ 2023	1,050 × 750 (1 KB)	Sus2021	Reverted to version as of 14:09, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
	17:59, 11 Ɔsanaa 2022	840 × 600 (1 KB)	Clindberg	Reverted to version as of 01:30, 5 September 2016 (UTC). This was the most recent version with the correct star placement matching the Star Spangled Banner flag, which this upload is supposed to represent.
	22:20, 10 Ɔsanaa 2022	1,500 × 900 (4 KB)	Plasamas	Reverted to version as of 23:07, 16 July 2022 (UTC) colours more accurate to the original object
	23:08, 16 Kitawonsa 2022	840 × 600 (914 bytes)	Sus2021	Reverted to version as of 16:17, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
	23:07, 16 Kitawonsa 2022	1,500 × 900 (4 KB)	Sus2021	Reverted to version as of 03:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
	16:17, 17 Ɔpɛpɔn 2022	840 × 600 (914 bytes)	Mike Rohsopht	optimized, removed color bleed
	01:30, 5 Ɛbɔ 2016	840 × 600 (1 KB)	EclecticArkie	svg code reduction