Now, threads from the original Star-Spangled Banner that flew during the War of 1812 are added to the 9/11 flag in its final patch. As dusk approaches at Fort McHenry, the crowds helped fold the ...

A giant American flag above Baltimore's Fort McHenry on Sept. 14, 1814, signaling the city's rebuff of the mighty British navy during the War of 1812. In the run-up to the bicentennial celebration ...

The birthplace of The Star-Spangled Banner is rich with American history that goes beyond the War of 1812. Fort McHenry was instrumental ... intro video and other flag-related exhibits.

Maj. George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry, had requested that a giant flag be made to fly over the fort a year earlier, with the War of 1812 well underway and certain at some point he would ...

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). SHANNON ...

It was another chapter in the ongoing War of 1812. A week earlier ... s defenses that he needed a flag—a big one: “We, sir, are ready at Fort McHenry to defend Baltimore against invading ...

The raising of the American flag on September 14th inspired Francis ... After the War of 1812, Fort McHenry remained an active military fortification. Many additions were made to the fort after ...

Designed to fly from a 90-foot pole, the flag measured 30 by 42 feet. Now it is 30 by 34 feet, reduced by wear and tear at Fort McHenry and by uncounted bits and pieces snipped off as mementos.

The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...

It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over Baltimore's Fort McHenry on a hot summer night ... cherished about the glories of the War of 1812. One episode that's hard to forget ...

The steamer for Fortress Monroe stopped at Fort McHenry this evening, and took on board 37 released rebel prisoners, who were captured at Bull Run. They will be sent home by a flag of truce.