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Was Brewery Flag's Home Debate in Baltimore Court
Maryland's court of appeals heard a condemnation case over a rooming house next to the Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore. The city seeks to seize the property for a memorial square while the owner argues the city has no right. historians note Mary Pickersgill made the flag in a nearby warehouse or brewery, with testimony noting sizes and dimensions of the banner.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Mary Pickerstill
Fort McHenry
F Francis Scott Key
Star Smingled Banner Flag House Association
Flag Association
Thomas N. Biddson
Annie Flaccomio
Hyman Ginsberg
Louis R. Milio
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Mary Pickersgill
Key
Biddison
Ginsberg
Milio