The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making Of An American Icon [The Star-Spangled Banner : Artifact and Icon -- The Battle of Baltimore -- The Song -- Making the Flag -- From Family Keepsake to National treasure -- The Star-Spangled Banner Comes to the Smithsonian -- Centerpiece of a New Museum -- Saving the Star-Spangled Banner -- A New Home for an Enduring Icon -- Notes -- Symbols of a New Nation -- The Flag in the Civil War -- Flag Rules and Rituals -- The Flag in World War II -- The Flag in the Sixties]

1st ed., 1st printing ; ix, 182 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9780060885625, 0060885629 ; OCLC 85026539 ; Contents:: Foreword / RalphLauren -- Preface -- The Star-Spangled Banner : Artifact and Icon -- The Battle of Baltimore -- The Song -- Making the Flag -- From Family Keepsake to National treasure -- The Star-Spangled Banner Comes to the Smithsonian -- Centerpiece of a New Museum -- Saving the Star-Spangled Banner -- A New Home for an Enduring Icon -- Notes -- Symbols of a New Nation -- The Flag in the Civil War -- Flag Rules and Rituals -- The Flag in World War II -- The Flag in the Sixties ; Shares the story behind the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," in 1814, telling how Francis Scott Key, having witnessed a critical battle between British and U.S. troops from a truce ship, was inspired to write the song after seeing the garrison flag still flying over Fort Henry in Baltimore, Maryland; discusses the Smithsonian Institute's efforts to preserve the actual flag; and considers how the song and the flag have come to symbolize American patriotism and pride ; "Published in association with the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center." ; Formerly a curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Lonn Taylor served as historian for the Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project. Kathleen M. Kendrick and Jeffery L. Brodie are co-curators of a new exhibition about the reinstalled Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. ; SIGNED by author Jeffrey L. Brodie on the title page ; FINE in slightly edge-worn slipcase.…