Completed in 1803, Fort McHenry played a pivotal role during the War of 1812 Battle of Baltimore. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine was the last line of defense for the United ...

Fort McHenry was instrumental in securing Baltimore ... as national monument and historic shrine in 1939. History: In the Battle of Baltimore that inspired Francis Scott Key, the British employed ...

As Mike Schuh reports, not only was the battle at Fort McHenry important, so too was what was being built in the Inner Harbor. Looking at the shoreline these days, Fells Point and Canton are ...

Following the Battle of Baltimore, Fort McHenry remained an active military site for more than 100 years. During the Civil War, the fort served as a prison for Confederate soldiers and sympathizers, ...

BALTIMORE — Will Goggins was about to leave the visitors' center at Fort McHenry National Monument ... The British took me captive just before the battle over this fort, and that’s how Frank ...

The Battle of Fort McHenry through Francis Scott Key's Eyes When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, they could never have ...

The Fort McHenry Visitor Center as you may remember ... Francis Scott Key wrote the poem during the Battle of Baltimore as troops defended the harbor from British attack. At three times the ...

FT. Mchenry, Md. (WBFF) -- President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Fort McHenry in Baltimore to commemorate Memorial Day today. The president mentioned the battle against ...

There is no evidence that he ever visited Fort McHenry after the 1814 battle he witnessed, Vaise said. Strategically placed at the tip of the Locust Point peninsula, the star-shaped fort was named ...

The Battle of Fort McHenry, Through Francis Scott Key's Eyes When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, they could never have ...