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21 Sep 2018 - 3:46:16 PM
MUSIC IS ABOUT TO STOP.
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Q post #2262 has the number 202-456-1414 at the bottom. It is the White House switchboard phone number.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/
Another interesting fact about Ft. McHenry:
In Baltimore's preparation for an expected attack on the city, Fort McHenry was made ready to defend the city's harbor. When Major George Armistead expressed the desire for a very large flag to fly over the fort, General John S. Stricker and Commodore Joshua Barney placed an order with a prominent Baltimorean flagmaker for two oversized American Flags. The larger of the two flags would be the Great Garrison Flag, the largest battle flag ever flown at the time.
The smaller of the two flags would be the Storm Flag, to be more durable and less prone to fouling in inclement weather.
During the Battle of Baltimore on September 13 and 14, 1814, heavy thunderstorms over Fort McHenry prevented the flying of the flag we know today as the Star Spangled Banner. At 30 by 42 feet, it was so massive that, if waterlogged, it could weigh several hundred pounds and snap the flagpole. So instead, a smaller “storm flag” (17 by 25 feet) was flown during the furious battle.
After the British withdrew and the clash ended, American Maj. George Armistead had the storm flag lowered and the “great garrison flag” hoisted over the fort. The latter was the flag Francis Scott Key is presumed to have seen “by the dawn’s early light,” from a ship in Baltimore Harbor, and which inspired him to pen the words to our national anthem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Spangled_Banner_(flag)
https://thefederalist.com/2015/06/13/on-flag-day-remember-fort-mchenrys-lost-storm-flag/
>a smaller “storm flag” (17 by 25 feet) was flown during the furious battle.
17
25= 5x5
17 5:5