Po cel\u00e1 desetilet\u00ed Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 dychtili po fragmentech kultovn\u00edho Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu, vlajky, kter\u00e1 inspirovala dojemnou hymnu Francise Scotta Keye b\u011bhem v\u00e1lky roku 1812. Tyto \u00fatr\u017eky se staly vz\u00e1cn\u00fdmi pam\u00e1tkami, nab\u00edzej\u00edc\u00edmi hmatateln\u00e9 spojen\u00ed s kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00fdm okam\u017eikem americk\u00fdch d\u011bjin.<\/p>\n\n
Bohat\u00ed jedinci, historick\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti, a dokonce i dom\u00e1c\u00ed zam\u011bstnanci dychtiv\u011b usilovali o kusy vlajky. Stephen Salisbury II., jeden z nejbohat\u0161\u00edch mu\u017e\u016f ve Worcesteru ve st\u00e1t\u011b Massachusetts, b\u011bdoval, \u017ee jeho sb\u00edrce chyb\u00ed modr\u00fd prou\u017eek, kter\u00fd by odpov\u00eddal jeho \u010derven\u00fdm a b\u00edl\u00fdm vzor\u016fm. \u00dap\u011bnliv\u011b prosil Georgianu Armistead Appletonovou, dceru velitele pevnosti McHenry, aby mu poslala kus l\u00e1tky v modr\u00e9 barv\u011b, jeliko\u017e se ob\u00e1val, \u017ee bez n\u011bj by byla jeho sb\u00edrka ne\u00fapln\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n
Appletonov\u00e1, kter\u00e1 vlajku zd\u011bdila po smrti sv\u00fdch rodi\u010d\u016f, byla zaplavena podobn\u00fdmi \u017e\u00e1dostmi. P\u0159es svou neochotu nakonec s t\u011b\u017ek\u00fdm srdcem rozdala \u00fatr\u017eky praporu, v\u011bdouc, \u017ee maj\u00ed pro jej\u00ed krajany nesm\u00edrnou sentiment\u00e1ln\u00ed hodnotu.<\/p>\n\n
Roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159en\u00e1 praxe vyst\u0159ihov\u00e1n\u00ed \u00fatr\u017ek\u016f z Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu postupn\u011b zmen\u0161ovala jeho velikost. Vlajka vystavovan\u00e1 v N\u00e1rodn\u00edm muzeu americk\u00e9 historie je v\u00fdrazn\u011b men\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e origin\u00e1l, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e se odhaduje, \u017ee ztratila 20 procent sv\u00e9 p\u016fvodn\u00ed plochy.<\/p>\n\n
N\u011bkter\u00e9 \u00fatr\u017eky byly poh\u0159beny s v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00fdmi veter\u00e1ny, zat\u00edmco jin\u00e9 se dostaly do historick\u00fdch pam\u00e1tek a muze\u00ed. Osud 15. hv\u011bzdy vlajky z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 z\u00e1hadou, proto\u017ee Appletonov\u00e1 tajila toto\u017enost jej\u00edho p\u0159\u00edjemce.<\/p>\n\n
Koncem 19. stolet\u00ed bylo vlastnit \u00fatr\u017eek Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu jako vlastnit vz\u00e1cn\u00fd talisman. Symbolizovalo to spojen\u00ed s hrdinskou minulost\u00ed n\u00e1roda a hodnotami, kter\u00e9 formovaly jeho identitu.<\/p>\n\n
Tato \u00facta k historick\u00fdm artefakt\u016fm p\u0159etrv\u00e1v\u00e1 dodnes, jak dokazuje vysok\u00e1 hodnota p\u0159ikl\u00e1dan\u00e1 kus\u016fm Berl\u00ednsk\u00e9 zdi nebo ocelov\u00fdm poz\u016fstatk\u016fm Sv\u011btov\u00e9ho obchodn\u00edho centra. Tyto \u00fatr\u017eky slou\u017e\u00ed jako hmatateln\u00e9 p\u0159ipom\u00ednky v\u00fdznamn\u00fdch ud\u00e1lost\u00ed, kter\u00e9 formovaly na\u0161e kolektivn\u00ed v\u011bdom\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Georgiana Appletonov\u00e1 a jej\u00ed otec, podplukovn\u00edk George Armistead, \u0161t\u011bd\u0159e rozd\u011blovali \u00fatr\u017eky Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu. N\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed d\u016fstojn\u00edk George Preble, kter\u00fd si vlajku vyp\u016fj\u010dil pro historickou dokumentaci, tak\u00e9 rozd\u011blil \u00fatr\u017eky r\u016fzn\u00fdm spole\u010dnostem a jednotlivc\u016fm.<\/p>\n\n
N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed p\u0159\u00edjemci sv\u00e9 \u00fatr\u017eky s \u00factou zar\u00e1movali nebo je vystavovali na sametu \u010di hedv\u00e1b\u00ed. Jin\u00ed je schovali do knih nebo ob\u00e1lek, kde je na dlouh\u00e1 desetilet\u00ed zapomn\u011bli. Jeden \u00fatr\u017eek byl objeven v pa\u0159\u00ed\u017esk\u00e9m byt\u011b v roce 1968, zat\u00edmco jin\u00fd byl v roce 1952 darov\u00e1n muzeu N\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed akademie Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
V roce 2011 zakoupil William Saunders, penzionovan\u00fd pracovn\u00edk pr\u016fzkumu trhu z Ohia, na aukci ov\u011b\u0159en\u00fd \u00fatr\u017eek Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu za 10 755 dolar\u016f. Modr\u00fd \u00fatr\u017eek, zdoben\u00fd jedinou \u010dervenou nit\u00ed, m\u011b\u0159\u00ed na d\u00e9lku jen 1,25 palce a na \u0161\u00ed\u0159ku p\u016fl palce.<\/p>\n\n
P\u0159esto\u017ee je \u00fatr\u017eek mal\u00fd, m\u00e1 pro Saunderse obrovsk\u00fd emocion\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00fdznam. S hrdost\u00ed ho vystavuje ve sv\u00e9m dom\u011b, osv\u011btlen\u00fd mosaznou lampou, jako hmatatelnou p\u0159ipom\u00ednku vlajky, kter\u00e1 inspirovala cel\u00fd n\u00e1rod.<\/p>\n\n
\u00datr\u017eky Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu rozpt\u00fdlen\u00e9 po cel\u00e9m n\u00e1rod\u011b slou\u017e\u00ed jako mozaika vzpom\u00ednek, kter\u00e9 spojuj\u00ed Ameri\u010dany s jejich spole\u010dnou histori\u00ed. P\u0159ipom\u00ednaj\u00ed n\u00e1m ob\u011bti, kter\u00e9 p\u0159inesli na\u0161i p\u0159edkov\u00e9, a nezdoln\u00e9ho ducha, kter\u00fd po cel\u00e1 dlouh\u00e1 l\u00e9ta udr\u017eoval n\u00e1\u0161 n\u00e1rod p\u0159i \u017eivot\u011b.<\/p>\n\n
Tyto \u00fatr\u017eky, nyn\u00ed uchov\u00e1van\u00e9 v muze\u00edch a soukrom\u00fdch sb\u00edrk\u00e1ch, nad\u00e1le vzbuzuj\u00ed \u00factu a posv\u00e1tnou b\u00e1ze\u0148 a zaru\u010duj\u00ed, \u017ee odkaz Hv\u011bzdnat\u00e9ho praporu bude \u017e\u00edt d\u00e1l po mnoho dal\u0161\u00edch generac\u00ed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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