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Known for. Sewing the Star-Spangled Banner. Spouse. John Pickersgill. Children. Caroline. Parent (s) William Young and Rebecca Flower. Mary Pickersgill (born Mary Young; February 12, 1776 – October 4, 1857) was the maker of the Star-Spangled Banner hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Mary Young Pickersgill. Courtesy of Pickersgill Retirement Community. Title Seamstress. War & Affiliation War of 1812 / American. Date of Birth - Death February 12, 1776 – October 4, 1857. Share to Google Classroom Added by 11 Educators.
Seamstress, Mother, Businesswoman. Mary Young Pickersgill is best known as the seamstress of the Star-Spangled Banner flag, which flew high above Fort McHenry during the British bombardment of Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814.
Date of Birth: February 12, 1776. Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland. Date of Death: October 4, 1857. Mary Young Pickersgill was a gifted seamstress who carved a place for herself in history as the maker of one of America’s great icons. Mary Young was born in Philadelphia to William and Rebecca Young.
A resident of Baltimore for more than fifty years, Mary Young Pickersgill was a successful Baltimore businesswoman and a local humanitarian. However, Mary Pickersgill’s greatest contribution to Maryland and to the entire United States was as a flag maker during the War of 1812.
16 de mar. de 2010 · Learn about Mary Pickersgill, the woman who created the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813, and her family and business. Discover how she inherited the art of flagmaking from her mother and became a humanitarian leader in Baltimore.
By. Sierra Phillips. Grace Wisher, a free-born Black girl from Baltimore, Maryland, helped stitch the Star-Spangled Banner during the six-year apprenticeship she began with white flag-maker Mary Pickersgill around 1810. The original Star-Spangled Banner is on view at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.
