Describes the fort's construction, the man it was named for, the War of 1812 and the attack on the fort, Francis Scott Key's writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner, "and its current role as a national park.
Provides the history of Fort McHenry, a national monument and historical shrine, where Francis Scott Key watched the British bomb America and wrote the famous poem now known as the "Star-Spangles Banner."
21 , 1813 . dug 23 A recruitment notice was placed in the Baltimore newspapers during August of 1813 by Major Armistead to enlist citizens in the 3rd Regiment , U.S. Artillery , the regular Fort McHenry garrison .
Fort McHenry is also one of the finest surviving examples of the first system of coastal forts that were authorized by Congress between 1794 and 1807 to protect American neutrality...
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Fort McHenry: O! Say Can You See
Join historians Ralph E. Eshelman and Scott S. Sheads as they search for the history behind the legends of the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake.