Here I am at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. where the huge flag that inspired the Star Spangled Banner is on display. On a research trip for my mystery THE STAR SPANGED SETUP (Scholastic, 2012), I spent a morning trying to figure out how thieves might be able to steal the flag and sneak it out of the museum. (Don’t worry…I didn’t actually try it!)