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First known photograph of the actual star spangled banner from which Frances Scott Key drew inspiration, taken at the Boston Navy Yard, June 21, 1873.  Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

First known photograph of the actual star spangled banner from which Frances Scott Key drew inspiration, taken at the Boston Navy Yard, June 21, 1873. Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

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