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    "ocrText": "First Raising\nOf The\n50-Star Hag\nJuly 4, 1960\nH A wail\nFORT McHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND HISTORIC SHRINE\nBALTIMORE 30, MARYLAND\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR\nNATIONAL PARK SERVICE\nArtist conception of Bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814\nFOR FLAG AND COUNTRY\nFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is unique\namong the areas administered within the National Park System\nbecause of its close identification with the flag of the United States\nof America.\nHere, it was a glimpse of the American flag waving defiantly\nover the ramparts of this fort at the end of a 25 hour bombardment\nby a British fleet that inspired Francis Scott Key to compose our\nnational anthem. The significance of this event received national\nrecognition March 3, 1925 when Fort McHenry was set aside by\nAct of Congress as a \"perpetual national memorial shrine as the\nbirthplace of the immortal 'Star-Spangled Banner.'\nIt is because of Fort McHenry's special meaning in American\nhistory and as evidence of regard for the new State of Hawaii that\nFort McHenry was designated this year by President Dwight D.\nEisenhower as the site first to raise America's 50-star flag at 12:01\na.m. of July 4, 1960. Just as the first official raising of the 49-star\nflag took place at Fort McHenry one year ago, the new flag is like-\nwise to be raised on a replica of the 1814 flagstaff from which the\nflag flew that inspired the writing of \"The Star-Spangled Banner.\"\nPROGRAM\nJULY 3-4, 1960\n10:45 P.M.\nConcert by United States Marine Band, LtCol. Albert Schoepper,\nDirector, Capt. James King, Assistant Director, concluding with \"The\nPledge of Allegiance\", MSgt. Wm. Jones, Soloist.\nReenactment of the Bombardment by the United States Navy\nVessels and units of the United States Army Field Artillery.\nPresentation of Colors to Stand\nBoy Scouts of America\n11:15 P. M.\nRonald F. Lee, Regional Director\nNational Park Service, Chairman\nInvocation\nThe Right Reverend Edward Braham\nOur Lady of Good Counsel Church\nIntroductions\nChairman\nGreetings\nHonorable J. Harold Grady\nMayor of Baltimore\nRemarks\nHonorable J. Millard Tawes\nGovernor of Maryland\nAddress\nHonorable Fred A. Seaton\nSecretary of the Interior\nPresentation of Colors\nCombined Services Color Guard\nBenediction\nReverend William L. Andrews\nRiverside Baptist Church\n12:01 A. M.\nFIRST OFFICIAL RAISING OF THE 50-STAR FLAG OF THE\nUNITED STATES BY SECRETARY SEATON AT THE DIRECTION\nOF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.\n\"The Star-Spangled Banner\" sung by the audience and led by Miss\nCamille Elias, National Park Service.\nFireworks Display\nS U.S. DE INEERIOR 3HL OF DEPARTMENT\nUNITED STATES\nDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR\nn\n4\nFred A. Seaton, Secretary\nMarch 3. 1849\nNATIONAL\nPARK\nNATIONAL PARK SERVICE\nSERVICE\nConrad L. Wirth, Director\nDEPARTMENT OF\nTHE INTERIOR\nAcknowledgements\nDepartment of Defense\nState of Maryland\nBoy Scouts of America\nCity of Baltimore\nPrograms Courtesy of the Evelyn Hill Corporation\nMETROPOLITAN PRESS -:- TOWSON, MD."
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