Resources: Bibliography
- The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon
- Taylor, Lonn, Kathleen M. Kendrick, and Jeffrey L. Brodie
- Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2008
- Bonds of Affection: Americans Define Their Patriotism
- Bodnar, John
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996
- For Which It Stands: An Anecdotal History of the American Flag
- Corcoran, Michael
- New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002
- So Proudly We Hail: The History of the United States Flag
- Furlong, William Rea and Byron McCandless
- Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981
- Terror on the Chesapeake: The War of 1812 on the Bay
- George, Christopher T.
- Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 2000
- The American Flag, 1777-1924: Cultural Shifts from Creation to Codification
- Guenter, Scot M.
- New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990
- Flag: An American Autobiography
- Leepson, Marc
- New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2005
- The Dawn’s Early Light
- Lord, Walter
- New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1992
- The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict
- Madaus, Howard Michael, et al.
- Santa Cruz, Calif.: VZ Publications, 2006
- The Flag, the Poet, and the Song: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner
- Molotsky, Irvin
- New York: Plume, 2001 (or Dutton)
- The Darkest Day: The Washington-Baltimore Campaign of 1812
- Muller, Charles G.
- Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003
- To Die For: The Paradox of American Patriotism
- O'Leary, Cecilia
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999
- The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814
- Pitch, Anthony S.
- Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2000
- Stars and Stripes Forever: The History, Stories, and Memories of Our American Flag
- Schneider, Richard H.
- Schneider, Richard H.
- Guardian of the Star-Spangled Banner
- Sheads, Scott Sumpter
- Maryland: Toomey Press, 1999
- The Rockets’ Red Glare: The Maritime Defense of Baltimore 1814
- Sheads, Scott Sumpter
- Centerville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1986
- The Battle for Baltimore
- Whitehorne, Joseph A.
- Maryland: The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Co. of America, 1997
