Behind enemy lines, three stranded Americans watched as the British fleet threw its might at the fort, bombarding it for 25 hours.Among them was lawyer Francis Scott Key, who wrote a poem about ...

On September 10, the British fleet and forces entered the Patapsco River downstream from there. ... The BritishAca,!a,,cs fleet commenced firing on Fort McHenry on the morning of September 13.

The tugboat Fort McHenry, one of nearly 150 vessels currently operating out of seven Vane Brothers locations along the U.S. East Coast, has joined the company’s New York-based Alpha Fleet and is ...

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...

After the British fleet was thwarted by the guns of Fort McHenry and with its invading soldiers bogged down on the east side, part of the fleet swung westward, sailing past Fort McHenry into the ...

On Sept. 14, 1814, at 7:30 a.m., a British fleet of 19 warships ceased fire after a 25-hour barrage of more than 1,500 Congreve rockets and exploding shells on Fort McHenry in order to lay siege ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

Two hundred years ago this month, Key witnessed the British fleet launching the rockets over Baltimore Harbor during the battle for Fort McHenry, an historic victory that interrupted a string of U ...

The Jewish Patriots Of Fort McHenry. By. Saul Jay Singer - 12 Sivan 5780 – June 3, 2020. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

Observing the bicentennial of the origins of Fort McHenry, and the Defender’s Day anniversary of its famous bombardment, a citizens group launched a nationwide campaign to help keep Baltimore ...