Visitors unfold the 30 x 42-foot 1814 replica garrison flag under the direction of Ranger Lynn McFarland, after the raising of a smaller 17 x 25-foot storm flag over Fort McHenry. Ruby Jason, 4 ...

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.

SHANNON: Alright, so you raised the flag over Fort McHenry, not everybody gets to do that. Fort McHenry was built in 1802, it is a 43-acre park situated just inside the city.

The Real Story Behind the Star-Spangled Banner, the Flag That Inspired the National Anthem How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in September 1814 made its way to the Smithsonian ...

Other activities include a dress parade, children’s programs, cannon firing, and raising of the Star-Spangled Banner flag over the fort. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is ...

They bombarded the fort with their cannons all night while Key watched. When morning came, Key expected to see the British flag over Fort McHenry, but instead saw the American flag still waving.

The American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore in September 1814 had 15 stars and 15 stripes, each representing a state in the still-fledgling United States. During a battle with the ...

The actual flag raised over Fort McHenry by the dawn’s early light on Sept. 14, by the way, enjoys a place of honor at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.