Star Spangled Banner Flag House Association Incorporated

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE WILL CRAFT A NEW INTERPRETIVE PLAN USING RESEARCH AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE DATA TO INCLUDE MORE EQUITABLE, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE STORIES IN THE BROADER NARRATIVE OF INTERPRETATION SURROUNDING THE CREATION OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER FLAG AND BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, HISTORY. THE FLAG HOUSE WILL GATHER STORIES OF FEMALE APPRENTICES, FREE AND ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN THE HISTORIC FLAG HOUSE FROM 1807 UNTIL 1927. THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE WILL CONNECT AUDIENCES WITH MORE DIVERSE STORIES AND THEMES THAT PROMOTE CRITICAL THINKING.

MARYLAND'S AMERICA: 250 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH MARYLANDER EYES [THE FLAG HOUSE IS CREATING A NEW, TWO-YEAR EXHIBIT WHICH WILL ENGAGE COMMUNITY ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AS THEY CREATE A UNIQUE PIECE OF WORK HIGHLIGHTING MARYLANDER CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN HISTORY. THE ARTISTS SELECTED WILL REPRESENT THE MULTICULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHICALLY BLENDED COMMUNITIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND HAVE A CHANCE TO CREATE A NEW PIECE OF WORK TO ENGAGE IN CHALLENGING HISTORICAL CONVERSATIONS. PARTNERING WITH THE PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II AND FORT MCHENRY, THE ARTISTS SELECTED WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECREATE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY?S INSPIRATION AS THEY SAIL OUT TO THE SAME LOCATION AND WITNESS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOISTED OVER FORT MCHENRY. THEN, WITH THIS SHARED EXPERIENCE, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO INDIVIDUALLY CREATE A UNIQUE PIECE OF WORK THAT REFLECTS THE EMOTIONS EVOKED WHILE WITNESSING THE FLAG AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HIGHLIGHTING 250 YEARS OF MARYLAND-AMERICAN EXPERIENCES WHICH WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A NEW FLAG HOUSE EXHIBIT.]