The+original+American+flag+of+1812

what happend to the pieces of the flag?? http://www.indiana.edu/~nca/monographs/6starspangledbanner.shtml There was 5 1/2 ft missing from the flag. They say that the star was burried with a soilder from fort McHenry or possiblly Abraham Lincoln. It was origanaly 30 by 42 ft. now today its 30 by 30. When the flag was on tour to each state people started taking pieces off the flag. The poeple who had the flag toured it to these states: Maryland, Penn, CT, Mass, Rhode Island, New York, Delaware and some other states. A lot of people took peices and now they dont know were they are. What do you think happend to the missing pieces???