And on Flag Day, June 14, this year, three red threads from the historic Fort McHenry flag were sewn into the “National 9/11” flag, a tattered remnant of an even more terrible attack on the ...

Baltimore went a little War-of-1812-crazy last year, when some 1.5 million people crowded into the Inner Harbor to celebrate the bicentennial of the last time Great Britain invaded the U.S. And thi… ...

A giant American flag above Baltimore's Fort McHenry on Sept. 14, ... Yes, we have a lot of friends in the General Society of the War of 1812 and the U.S. Daughters of 1812.

That flag, by the way, differed slightly from today’s American flag. For a short while, when a new state was added to the United States, a star and a stripe were added to the flag. For obvious reasons ...

How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in September 1814 made its way to the Smithsonian. Skip to main content. ... It was another chapter in the ongoing War of 1812.

After the War of 1812, the flag and the words it inspired became a sensation. Key's poem was quickly set to a popular — and ironically British — tune and was soon rebranded as "The Star ...

So, the flag they would have flown during the War of 1812, the thing that makes Fort McHenry famous, makes us a national monument and historic shrine. ♪ ("Yankee Doodle" playing). So was that fun?

Fort McHenry to Go; Historic Army Post Near Baltimore, Where in 1814 Floated the Flag Which Inspired Key to Write "The Star-Spangled Banner," Soon to be Abandoned. Share full article Feb. 10, 1907 ...

WEBVTT WELCOME TO THE SUNDAY GARDENER. OUR LOCATION TODAY IS FORT MCHENRY ON A GORGEOUS DAY. WE HAVE A FLAG BEHIND US. IT IS THE FORT MCHENRY FLAG, THE WAR OF 1812 FLAG. 15 STARS AND 15 STRIPES ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.