1814, in the heat of the British bombardment, a smaller flag that was used during bad weather, called a storm flag, very likely was run up over Fort McHenry. This flag, 25 by 17 feet, was also ...

Fort McHenry, near Baltimore ... Banner floated during the bombardment of the city by the British in 1814. It was this flag that prompted Francis Scott Key to compose the National anthem while ...

1814 - During the War of 1812, the British bomb Fort McHenry at Baltimore Harbor for 25 hours. The sight of Fort McHenrys flag and the British ... the geographic North Pole, becoming the first ...

Francis Scott Key awoke aboard a British warship after watching the terrifying 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry ... our flag was still there on this day in history, Sept. 14, 1814.

Kasey Shirey won’t easily forget July 2. A 50-foot-by-80-foot American flag waves again from a new, towering pole at the Glenbrook Dodge dealership along one of the city’s most traveled ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the full restoration of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel on Monday. The Fort McHenry Federal Channel was restored to its ...

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 ...

Fort Snelling staff members rededicated the reconstructed 1820s fort flag pole on Saturday morning, just in time for Memorial Day, according to the Minnesota Historical Society. Doug Raney of the ...

It’s full of reminders of our history, from Fort McHenry, where American forces withstood the British bombardment of September 1814 to save Baltimore ... There are outdoor flag-changing programs at 10 ...

10: - Morning Dress Parade & Flag Change (Inside Star Fort): 10 a.m. - USCIS Naturalization Ceremony for new citizens: 11 a.m. - Fort McHenry Guard ... life during 1814 which includes cooking ...