FORT MCHENRY


Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a coastal 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 Chesapeake Bay September 13–14, 1814.

During the assault of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that would become The National Anthem of the United States of America -- The Star-Spangled Banner to the melody of To Anacreon in Heaven.

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