Tom Mcmillan

Gebundenes Buch

Our Flag Was Still There

The Star Spangled Banner That Survived the British and 200 Years--And the Armistead Family Who Saved It

Beschreibung

Our Flag Was Still There details the improbable two-hundred-year journey of the original Star-Spangled Banner—from Fort McHenry in 1814, when Francis Scott Key first saw it, to the Smithsonian in 2023—and the enduring family who defended, kept, hid, and ultimately donated the most famous flag in American history.

Autor

A lifelong student of history, Tom McMillan has served on the board of trustees of Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center, the board of directors of the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial, and the marketing committee of the Gettysburg Foundation. He has written three previous books, including Flight 93: The Story, The Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11. McMillan recently retired after a forty-three-year career in sports communications, which included twenty-five years as VP/Communications for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. He has a journalism degree from Point Park University and resides with his family in Pittsburgh.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knox Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781637587331
• ISBN-10: 1637587333
• Artikelnr.: 66762886