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Published: 2014-03-26 06:23:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1223; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 0
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September 14, 2014 marks the 200th Anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States. That anthem was written by Francis Scott Key, as he was held captive aboard a British warship in Baltimore Harbor during the War of 1812.Compared to today's US flag, it is easy to recognize that the Star-Spangled Banner version of the flag has 15 stars (as opposed to today's 50 stars, and the 13-star Colonial flag). What is not easy to recognize (unless you're from Baltimore) is that the Star-Spangled Banner also has 15 stripes, as opposed to the 13 stripes of the current flag and the Colonial flag.
This weekend, my hometown of Baltimore is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner. There have been so many wonderful events that I hardly recognize Baltimore as the city where I grew up.
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Visitors assisting US Park Service Ranger in gathering and folding the "Star Spangled Banner" version of the US flag (30ft by 42ft or 9.1m by 12.9m). It really does take that many people to control and fold a flag that large. . .
Fort McHenry
Baltimore, Maryland
3/22/14
Hasselblad 500CM, Zeiss Planar 60mm
Kodak TMAX 400 in Kodak D-76 (stock)
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Oooh I friggin love the grain
as well as the way the flag stands out, of course
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I like the grain too! And I was so glad that there was enough of a breeze to make the flag blow. . .
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the waving flag does make it more epic
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I'm glad you like it! I do too!
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I love the sky here... and a very journalist-type image of an important event.
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I love that sky too, Yadi!
I'm really glad you like it!
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September 14, 2014 marks the 200th Anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States.
Thanks for sharing information!
of the Good celebration
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It was a great celebration!
R
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Thanks, Alicia! I need to use the Hasselblad more. . .
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Very nice picture. There is such an old time feel on it
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Yes, we do have that "Rule." But it is almost never enforced.
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I admit I have never dropped a flag so I don't know how common is thath
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Oh, it happens all the time! 
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Oh no, now I'm really afraid of dropping the flag!
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You know that I'm only joking! I would never let anything like that happen to you if I could prevent it!
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Yes I do know and your so sweet 
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I'll let you in on a little secret: I'm not religious either!
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I always like to hear your secrets 
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No, I respect the religious beliefs of others, but I think that I'm probably more spiritual than anything else. And I have a fairly strong sense of right and wrong.
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I think the same about my self too. I'm not sceptic and I believe that there might be something bigger that human mind can comprehend but I don't have certain idea what it is.
I feel that religions can be different ways to try to understand that and life it self, but I personally don't fit in any religious category. I have been baptized when I was a baby but I seperated from the church few years a go
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My life and connection with religion is about the same as yours. . .
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you're welcome..!! dear
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Wonderful shot. The fireworks were gorgeous tonight.
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Thanks so much! I take that as a major compliment. Oddly, Robert Frank never crossed my mind on that one, but I have another photo that I have never posted where I was thinking of Frank when I shot it. But now that you mention it I think that I will post that photo. It's of a woman working behind the counter at a delicatessen.
Thanks again!
Richard
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