Highlights
Fort McHenry is located near Baltimore's Inner Harbor area. The fort's history dates to the Revolutionary War in 1776 when Baltimore residents feared a British attack, so a fort was made at the site from mounds of dirt. Baltimore was spared from an attack during the Revolutionary War, prompting the military to construct a sturdier Fort McHenry. It was named for James McHenry, a politician who secured most of the funds for the project. Fort McHenry gained its place in history during the War of 1812 when the British mounted an attack on Baltimore. British forces bombarded Fort McHenry for 25 hours and eventually gave up when they could not destroy the fort. Francis Scott Key saw the events u...
Fort McHenry is located near Baltimore's Inner Harbor area. The fort's history dates to the Revolutionary War in 1776 when Baltimore residents feared a British attack, so a fort was made at the site from mounds of dirt. Baltimore was spared from an attack during the Revolutionary War, prompting the military to construct a sturdier Fort McHenry. It was named for James McHenry, a politician who secured most of the funds for the project. Fort McHenry gained its place in history during the War of 1812 when the British mounted an attack on Baltimore. British forces bombarded Fort McHenry for 25 hours and eventually gave up when they could not destroy the fort. Francis Scott Key saw the events unfold and noticed the fort's American flag was still flying despite the attack. He commemorated the Battle of Fort McHenry with a poem that was later set to music and called "The Star Spangled Banner." There is a monument to Francis Scott Key and "The Star Spangled Banner" at Fort McHenry today. The fort is a popular destination for field trips by Baltimore area schoolchildren. In addition to being open to the public for tours, a group of re-enactors known as the Fort McHenry Guard dress in period garb and help interpret Fort McHenry's past and place in history. The Fort McHenry tunnel, a major infrastructure project that carries Interstate 95 under the Patapsco River, passes just south of Fort McHenry.
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Governor orders review of Md. inspection protocols
Prompted by the discovery of previously undetected corrosion on the Bay Bridge, Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered the state's transportation chief to assemble a panel of experts to evaluate Maryland's toll bridge and tunnel inspection program. The...Tags: Transportation Industry, Transportation, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Technology, Regional Authority
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Activities
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MVA message lost in translation
THE PROBLEM The Spanish translation of "no trespassing" signs at the Maryland MVA offices in Baltimore and Glen Burnie are so riddled with errors that even non-Spanish speakers can detect mistakes. THE BACK STORY Trips to the Motor Vehicle Administration...Tags: Glen Burnie, Locust Point
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Accidents cause morning backups on southbound I-95
Sun reporterThree accidents along Interstate 95 have snarled southbound commuter traffic this morning, police said. Two separate collisions took place between Route 100 and Route 175 in Howard County after 7 a.m. but all lanes had been cleared by 8:30 a.m.,... -
A dangerous crossing
THE PROBLEM Sections of a guard rail are missing from a Locust Point bridge. THE BACK STORY Joggers and bikers who use the narrow walkway on the Fort Avenue bridge leading to Fort McHenry in Locust Point should keep moving when they pass the missing...Tags: Transportation, Locust Point
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Bridges need tougher policing
The Maryland Transportation Authority owns and operates seven toll facilities on behalf of the people of the state. All seven are all critical to Maryland's prosperity and mobility, but the crown jewel is the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge - the...Tags: Transportation, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Transportation Accidents, Vehicles, Road Transportation
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Outdoors Calendar
BEST BET TodayHike 6 miles on the Jerusalem Mill section of Gunpowder Falls State Park, Baltimore/Harford counties, with the Appalachian Mountain Club. Meet at 9:15 a.m. Details: www.amc-dc.org (click: "Chapter Activities") or 410-263-1844. BIRDING...Tags: Patapsco, Tourism and Leisure, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Timonium, Halethorpe
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Andrea Johnson
Sun ReporterAndrea D. Johnson, a former associate state attorney general and principal counsel to the Maryland Lottery, died Aug. 1 of breast cancer at Northwest Hospital Center. The longtime Randallstown resident was 55. Andrea Dale Jackson was born and raised in...Tags: Death and Dying, Martin Luther King Jr., Casino and Gambling, Randallstown, Personal Income
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The Free Sheet
International Festival With the slogan "One world, one beat, one Baltimore," the International Festival celebrates diversity in the city. Take pleasure in the native food of other countries, live music, a fashion show, an Indian Bollywood-style dance,...Tags: Major League Baseball, Music Industry, Festive Event
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Don't trash arena, memories it holds
I think Dan Rodricks' column calling the 1st Mariner Arena "dumpy" is an insult to all the great memories and tradition that the arena holds ("Quit thinking small, people of Baltimore," July 25).
The 1st Mariner Arena (still the Baltimore Arena or...Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Port Deposit, Engelbert Humperdinck, Memorial Stadium, Luciano Pavarotti
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Relishing a day on the bay
Sun reporterJustin Fowler sat nearly motionless in a folding chair on the aft deck, quietly scanning the water and wringing a paper plate in his hands. A moment later, when the boat hit the wake from a passing ship and started rocking, he was on his feet. Justin,...Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Easter, Fishing, Defense, Dexter
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'It's like moving an egg'
Sun reporterMark McCluskey's thousand-horsepower tugboat, which usually hauls oil barges all over Baltimore Harbor, is set to gently nudge and prod an especially precious vessel this afternoon: the 154-year-old sloop-of-war Constellation. "It's like moving an egg,"...Tags: Baltimore Inner Harbor, Maritime Accidents, Fells Point, Petroleum Industry, Armed Forces
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