This sad history is also told at Fort McHenry, which offers visitors a chance to vote on a computer monitor, stating whether they would have declared war in 1812 or not. “Some days the vote is ...

During the War of 1812, British forces sailed to Baltimore ... and James River in Virginia and how those issues negatively impact the historic character, environments of Fort McHenry, Colonial and ...

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

A sword from the defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. A stopped wristwatch recovered from the wrecked E-Ring of the Pentagon on the Sept. 11 attacks. The Sherman tank that first broke ...

Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a star shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812 when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy in the ...