It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over Baltimore's Fort McHenry on a hot summer night in 1814. "Was," because this object at hand, the original Star-Spangled Banner, is no longer ...

the American ensign was just a flag. "There was nothing special about it," says Scott S. Sheads, historian at Baltimore's Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, speaking of a time ...

Marc Leepson is an American journalist and historian ... The next morning, he looked out and saw the flag rising above Fort McHenry, which moved him to write the poem. Clague: He can’t see ...

In September 1814, during the War of 1812, British naval forces launched a relentless bombardment of Fort McHenry in ...

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag ... negotiating the release of a group of American prisoners. Key, who was prohibited from exiting the vessel until morning due to ...

This name came about when the United States’ soldiers in order to celebrate their victory over the British forces during the War of 1812, raised a large American flag at Fort McHenry in ...

The U.S. flag represents the enduring values of the American project. The thirteen stripes honor ... above the ramparts of Fort McHenry, on the surface of the moon. Everywhere, it stood as a promise ...