The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House has named Orioles Head Groundskeeper Nicole McFadyen the 2016 recipient of the Mary Pickersgill Award for Women's Leadership in Business. McFadyen will accept the ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Star Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore is opening a new exhibit about the creator of the flag that inspired the national anthem. The museum is holding a ribbon cutting ...

The most noticeable thing about Mary Pickersgill?s house in downtown Baltimore is the way it smells. It is old and musty. The floors creak and the walls are cracking. The doors and windows look as if ...

Smith, Megan Howell and Wei, Jenny. 2013. "Mary Pickersgill: The Woman Who Sewed The Star-Spangled Banner." Social Studies and the Young Learner, 25, (4) 27–29.

The historic Belair Mansion in Bowie will host a free lecture Tuesday about the creation of the American flag and two famous seamstresses: Betsy Ross and Mary Pickersgill.The event was co-organized by ...