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 ...

Decades of careful restoration and study have revealed a lot about the flag that flew over Fort McHenry after its defenders fought off a naval attack during the War of 1812: the swatches taken as ...

Adds Vince Vaise, Fort McHenry’s chief of interpretation ... Martin O’Malley may even show up, in his replica War of 1812 uniform.) With the flag proudly waving over the fort’s 21st ...

The War of 1812 might almost be considered America’s forgotten ... For obvious reasons, this practice did not last long, but the flag hoisted over Fort McHenry that morning had 15 stripes and 15 stars ...

white and blue buoy marks the spot where Francis Scott Key observed the British bombarding Fort McHenry for a 24-hour period. With the War of 1812 raging, the British had already marched on ...

WE HAVE A FLAG BEHIND US. IT IS THE FORT MCHENRY FLAG, THE WAR OF 1812 FLAG. 15 STARS AND 15 STRIPES. THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON BACK THEN. SO WE HAVE GONE BACK TO A 13 STAR AND 13 STRIPE BUT WE ...

A little background on the war of 1812 While the United States ... sewed the "broad stripes and bright stars" flag that flew above Fort McHenry. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House features ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...