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...
Fort McHenry: Home of the Brave
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This study, performed by the U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, evaluates the feasibility of a shuttle system that would connect south Baltimore and Fort McHenry National Monument and ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This project assesses transportation management issues at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in the Locust Point area of Baltimore.