Fort McHenry

American  

noun

1. a fort in N Maryland, at the entrance to Baltimore harbor: during its bombardment by the British in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner.

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Fort McHenry

So now you’re going to have that increased traffic around the beltway, as well as increased traffic in both the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and the Fort McHenry Tunnel.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

In Baltimore, Debbie Funk sported a blue surgical mask as she and husband, Jack Hughes, took their daily walk around Fort McHenry, a national monument overlooking the Patapsco River.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

The anthem was inspired by the 1814 siege of Fort McHenry during the war, witnessed by the song’s writer Francis Scott Key from a truce ship in Baltimore Harbor.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

The Banner name is a reference to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key in Baltimore after the British unsuccessfully attempted to penetrate the city’s Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021

Davis, John W., police commissioner of Baltimore, 35, 49; errand to Fort McHenry, 66, 67, 68.

From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by George William Brown