"From his vantage point aboard an American cartel ship, being detained alongside the British fleet, Francis Scott Key witnessed the Star-Spangled Banner Flag, made by Mary Pickersgill waving over Fort McHenry, signifying an American victory after the 25 hour British bombardment." -- Flag House Museum
In the distance the garrison flag flys over fort McHenry.
The Star Spangled Banner
E. Percy Moran's Signature uses a Greek sigma for the E and is followed by a swastika.
I don't know the significance of this swastika but having been written in 1912, it probably does not refer to the Nazi party who began using the symbol in the 1920's.
© Σ Percy Moran 卐
The swastika has been used for many centuries as a sign of peace and prosperity. Hitler and the Nazi party used a version of this that had been rotated. Hitler ruined this symbol along with many other things like the toothbrush mustache (or Chaplin mustache).
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