This famous name was coined by Sea Captain William Driver, a shipmaster of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1831. As the Flag banner opened to the ocean breeze for the first time, he exclaimed "Old Glory!" He later retired and kept the flag hanging until it could not longer.

 

US Flag 1812 “Old Glory”

Acrylic on canvas
20 x 30 in, 51 x 76 cm
2021