The fifteen-star banner that flew over Fort McHenry whose dawn's early light inspired the anthem of a nation that refused to fall.
Star-Spangled Banner — the fifteen-star, fifteen-stripe flag adopted by Congress in 1794 and flown over American forts, ships, and battlefields from 1795 to 1818, the flag of the young republic's most testing years when the United States faced the existential challenge of the War of 1812 against the most powerful military nation on earth, the flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor through the night of September 13-14, 1814, when the British fleet bombarded the fort with over fifteen hundred shells, rockets, and bombs in a night-long assault whose failure to reduce the American defenses Francis Scott Key witnessed from a British ship where he was negotiating a prisoner exchange, his sight of the great garrison flag still flying at dawn inspiring the poem whose words became the national anthem of the United States. The Star-Spangled Banner — whose fifteen stars and fifteen stripes reflected the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union as the first states beyond the original thirteen, its expanded design a visual declaration that the American republic was growing and would continue to grow, whose most famous surviving example, the thirty-by-forty-two-foot garrison flag sewn by Mary Pickersgill and her daughter that flew over Fort McHenry on that immortal September night, now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History as perhaps the most sacred material artifact of American national identity, and whose era encompassed the young republic's survival of British invasion, the burning of Washington, and the Battle of New Orleans where Andrew Jackson's forces delivered the war's most decisive American victory — represents the flag of a nation that was tested to its limits and emerged with its stars still shining. This interactive sweatshirt connects you to that defiant legacy with a QR code linking to the full story.
HERITAG is a purpose-driven brand that celebrates cultural diversity and awareness. Wear and share your social identity and cultural heritage with a unique collection of interactive sweatshirts that carry historical flags of America. Create informative and fun moments by inviting people to scan the visible QR code and learn about the proud history of America.
Making products on demand instead of in bulk also helps reduce overproduction, and this quality sweatshirt is made especially for you as soon as you place an order.
Few more things to know about this sweatshirt: • Scannable QR code printed on the back for an interactive and fun experience • Designed to educate about a nation's proud history milestones and rich culture • Custom print-on-demand • 50% cotton, 50% polyester • Unisex regular fit, sturdy and warm, pre-shrunk soft-feel fabric • Double-needle stitched spandex collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
