Copyright 2004, Esther Doyle Read
New, 8 December 2004
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ROLL OF HONOR—WAR OF 1812
The photograph is of the interior of Fort McHenry at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland. It was the flag flying over this fort that features prominently in Francis Scott Key's poem, the Star-Spangled Banner. The flag was large, measuring 30 feet by 42 feet, and was made by Baltimore Flagmaker Mary Pickersgill. Her home is open as a museum in Baltimore City. Mary's flag is part of the collections of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Photo by Esther Doyle Read, July 2002.
Major David Read
Believed to have fought in this war, his wife's 1855 obituary names him as Major David Read. It is possible that he was only a local militia major.
Son of Joseph Read and Sarah Sutton.
Husband of Anna Middlesworth.
Born 12 August 1781, Knowlton Township, Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey.
Died 25 April 1831, Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Buried Union Brick Cemetery, Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey
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