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Fort McHenry is located near Baltimore's Inner Harbor area. The fort's history dates to the Revolutionary War in 1776 when Baltimore residents feared a British attack, so a fort was made at the site from mounds of dirt. Baltimore was spared from an attack during the Revolutionary War, prompting the military to construct a sturdier Fort McHenry. It was named for James McHenry, a politician who secured most of the funds for the project. Fort McHenry gained its place in history during the War of 1812 when the British mounted an attack on Baltimore. British forces bombarded Fort McHenry for 25 hours and eventually gave up when they could not destroy the fort. Francis Scott Key saw the events u...
Fort McHenry is located near Baltimore's Inner Harbor area. The fort's history dates to the Revolutionary War in 1776 when Baltimore residents feared a British attack, so a fort was made at the site from mounds of dirt. Baltimore was spared from an attack during the Revolutionary War, prompting the military to construct a sturdier Fort McHenry. It was named for James McHenry, a politician who secured most of the funds for the project. Fort McHenry gained its place in history during the War of 1812 when the British mounted an attack on Baltimore. British forces bombarded Fort McHenry for 25 hours and eventually gave up when they could not destroy the fort. Francis Scott Key saw the events unfold and noticed the fort's American flag was still flying despite the attack. He commemorated the Battle of Fort McHenry with a poem that was later set to music and called "The Star Spangled Banner." There is a monument to Francis Scott Key and "The Star Spangled Banner" at Fort McHenry today. The fort is a popular destination for field trips by Baltimore area schoolchildren. In addition to being open to the public for tours, a group of re-enactors known as the Fort McHenry Guard dress in period garb and help interpret Fort McHenry's past and place in history. The Fort McHenry tunnel, a major infrastructure project that carries Interstate 95 under the Patapsco River, passes just south of Fort McHenry.
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Activities
activities events "Babes in Toyland" This holiday musical will be presented by the Baltimore Actors' Theatre this weekend at Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road. Shows at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Call...Tags: National Aquarium Baltimore, Snow White, Towson University, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Science Center
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I-95 work to affect traffic at Fort McHenry Tunnel
Maryland Transportation Authority has announced work along Interstate 95 near the Fort McHenry Tunnel toll plaza. From 8 p.m. tomorrow until 5 a.m. Wednesday, the two right lanes of northbound I-95 in the area of Keith Avenue (Exit 56) will be closed.... -
I-95 work to affect traffic around Fort McHenry Tunnel
From Baltimore Sun staff reportsMaryland Transportation Authority officials are planning a series of ramp, lane and toll lane closures this week to allow contractors to perform work at the Fort McHenry Tunnel toll plaza along Interstate 95. From 8 p.m. tomorrow until 5 a.m. Wednesday,... -
A Grand Entrance
We have built no national temple but the Capitol," U.S. Rep. Rufus Choate of Massachusetts said in 1833. "We consult no common oracle but the Constitution."
Now America's "temple" has a new front door, just in time for the millions of visitors expected...Tags: Religious Festivals, Heads of State, Government, Constitutional Issues, Thanksgiving
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Holiday travelers under watchful eyes
From a starkly utilitarian building lodged between the coal heaps and salt piles of industrial Canton, Rebecca Pindell will have the best seat in town today to view the traffic mess on Maryland's highways on the busiest travel day of the year.
Pindell...Tags: Road Transportation, AAA, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Trips and Vacations, Thanksgiving
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Holiday to go
From a starkly utilitarian building lodged between the coal heaps and salt piles of industrial Canton, Rebecca Pindell will have the best seat in town Wednesday to view the traffic mess on Maryland's highways on the busiest travel day of the year....Tags: Road Transportation, AAA, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Trips and Vacations, Thanksgiving
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Consumer Sundays: Thanks and Goodbye
baltimoresun.comWell kids, here goes my last Consumer Sundays post. I just handed in my paperwork at HR, got my boxes packed and am wrapping things up now on this here blog. Tune in Sunday to find out why Eileen says, in her personal finance column, it's OK to embrace... -
Star-Spangled Banner is star attraction at renovated American History museum
The Star-Spangled Banner has a snazzy new home - and it's already the talk of the town.
When the National Museum of American History reopens tomorrow after a two-year, $85 million renovation, visitors will finally get a glimpse at what museum officials...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Weather Reports, Liberty Bell, Dining and Drinking, Abraham Lincoln
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Pulling together the threads of our past
In near darkness, it appears almost as an apparition. Like reliquary, the tattered flag is displayed behind glass in a new temperature- and light-controlled chamber, the bones not of a saint but of a nation. So these are the broad stripes and, once,...Tags: National Government, Thomas Edison, Society, Martin O'Malley, Barack Obama
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'Baltimore' hits the road
You did not have to be around for the glory days of the Orioles to understand why putting Baltimore back on the road jerseys is so uplifting to the city's soul.
"Every other team comes in here with their city's name on the front of their jerseys," said...Tags: George Carlin, Major League Baseball, American League
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A brave flag
For those who love Maryland's place in American history, there is no more precious artifact than the oversized American flag that flew triumphantly over Fort McHenry in the dawn's early light on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, after a futile British...Tags: Family, The White House, History
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Birthday sail
Special to The Baltimore SunAs the Pride of Baltimore II cleared the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and headed toward Annapolis, the young crew flew into action. They yanked lines to adjust the heavy canvas sails of the clipper ship to move against the wind. The captain swung the wheel to...Tags: Society, Sailing, Europe Sailing, Layoffs and Downsizing, Star Sailing
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