If it's O.K. with Mary, please reply on list.  I'd
like to know the answers to Amy's questions, as well.


--- Matthew White <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have forwarded this to the the Star Spangled
> Banner House in Baltimore
> whereMary Pickersgill, the creator of the origninal
> Banner that flew
> over Fort McHenry and inspired our National Anthem,
> lived and worked.
> When i worked there many years ago we fielded all
> sorts of questions
> just like this and had the references on hand to
> research it.
>
> If and when I get an answer I will pass it along.
> The only question is,
> on list or off?
>
> Matthew White
>
> Amy Phillips wrote:
>
> > I'm curious.  I don't want to get drawn into
> offering an an answer to
> > the question of whether "to burn or not to burn"
> the flag in question
> > [though I'll be disappointed if the ultimate
> outcome isn't posted here
> > for our edification].  After reading through the
> various postings,
> > with many solid arguments on both sides, I can say
> definitely that I'm
> > undecided in the matter.   I'm wondering, though,
> if anyone on this
> > list happens to know  when the tradition of
> "retiring" a flag by
> > burning it was initiated and by whom?  (I'm
> guessing it wasn't by
> > anyone working in a museum, but when I tried to do
> some online
> > searches I got more information on how and why it
> is done without yet
> > being able to track when it was first done).  I
> also have pondered if
> > we in the USA are the only ones to have this type
> of ritual, or do
> > other countries have similar "policies" with
> regard to their national
> > flags?
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who helps point me in the right
> direction or
> > otherwise offers feedback!
> >
> >
> > Have a relaxing weekend,
> >
> > Amy
> >
> > Amy J. Phillips
> > Coordinator, Data Management Systems
> >
> > Museum of Science
> > Boston, MA
>
>
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