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  2. Fort McHenry - Wikipedia

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    Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814.

  3. Battle of Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    After nightfall, Cochrane ordered a landing to be made by small boats to the shore just west of the fort, away from the harbor opening on which the fort's defense was concentrated. He hoped that the landing party might slip past Fort McHenry and draw Smith's army away from the main British land assault on the city's eastern border.

  4. USS Fort McHenry - Wikipedia

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    USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, the 1814 defense of which inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner". Fort McHenry was laid down on 10 June 1983 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington.

  5. Fort McHenry Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The Fort McHenry Tunnel is a four-tube, bi-directional tunnel that carries traffic on Interstate 95 (I-95) underneath the Baltimore Harbor. Named for nearby Fort McHenry, the tunnel is the lowest point in the Interstate Highway System under water. [2] Construction began in May 1980; the tunnel opened on November 23, 1985.

  6. Star-Spangled Banner (flag) - Wikipedia

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    Star Spangled Banner flag on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, c. 1964. The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.

  7. William Williams (soldier) - Wikipedia

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    Bellefields Plantation in Croom, Prince George's County, Maryland where Frederick Hall aka William Williams spent most his life a slave, photograph from 1936. Frederick Hall was born on a plantation owned by Benjamin Oden in Prince George's County in 1793, he lived on the plantation until his escape in early 1814; despite the standing British offer of freedom and land to any escaped slave who ...

  8. James McHenry - Wikipedia

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    James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was a Scotch-Irish American military surgeon, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland , initiated the recommendation for Congress to form the Navy , and was the eponym of Fort McHenry .

  9. Francis Scott Key - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. American lawyer and poet (1779–1843) Francis Scott Key Key c. 1825 4th United States Attorney for the District of Columbia In office 1833–1841 President Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Preceded by Thomas Swann Succeeded by Philip Richard Fendall II Personal details Born (1779-08-01 ...