Fort McHenry
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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The Northwest branch of the Patapsco River in Baltimore near Fort McHenry should see moderate flooding, possibly tying for its fourth-greatest water level recorded.
East Coast storm bringing worst coastal flooding since 2003 to parts of Mid-Atlantic | Matthew Cappucci | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostFrancis Scott Key wrote a poem that became the national anthem after watching a large group of British ships bomb a much smaller American force at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
The national anthem reminds us how much Americans need to work together | Fred Bowen | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostAfter watching the American victory at the Battle of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
The Presidential Hopeful Obsessed With the War of 1812 | Ben Jacobs | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter Fort McHenry, Palin headed toward Gettysburg, Pa., where she is expected to tour the Civil War battlefields Tuesday.
They had bombarded Fort McHenry for twenty-five hours, throwing nearly two thousand shells.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
The flag of Fort McHenry, which inspired the song, still exists in a fair state of preservation.
Immortal Songs of Camp and Field | Louis Albert BanksThe day was calm and still, with no wind to lift the flag that drooped around its staff over Fort McHenry.
Literary Hearthstones of Dixie | La Salle Corbell PickettWere the guns of Fort McHenry to be turned upon the inhabitants?
Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 | George William Brown.That was on the second day after the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
Elsie at Viamede | Martha Finley
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