In 1812 and 1813, the tiny U.S. Navy bested the supposedly invincible British fleet in a series of duels ... where a small American garrison at Fort McHenry withstood a 25-hour naval bombardment ...

Donald Hickey, author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict ... aboard the British sloop some eight miles upriver from Fort McHenry. From the vessel, they anxiously watched the bombardment ...

One other note: The battle at Fort McHenry that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" took place during the War of 1812, not the American Revolution. Impeachment hearing ...

Can you see the rockets’ red glare, bombs bursting in air during the Battle of Fort McHenry? Or five men raising the American flag amid the battle at Iwo Jima? Maybe you see a flag-draped casket ...

I remember having air raid drills when I was in elementary school during the Cold War. An alarm would go off, and we literally got under our desks to protect ourselves. There were fallout shelters ...

What if the fate of a young nation hinged not on a grand fleet at sea or a sweeping land campaign but on ... not only turned back the largest British invasion force of the War of 1812 but also helped ...

My favorite route is to take Fort Avenue all the way out to Fort McHenry and walk the waterfront path. But my true passion – when I can get away – is travel, international and domestic.

He participated in the ceremony at Arlington for the first three years of his presidency before it moved to Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. This year’s Memorial ...