In 1791, Vermont was admitted to the Union and Kentucky joined in 1792. Congress passed the second Flag Act on January 13, 1794, authorizing a new national flag with 15 stars and stripes.
During the War of 1812, Mary Pickersgill, her daughter, two nieces and an indentured black girl made a giant flag for Baltimore's Fort McHenry.
On September 14, 1814, after withstanding a heavy British bombardment, the fort raised the giant flag. This triumph inspired Francis Scott Key to write a poem which has since become known as our National Anthem.
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