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Little boats will vie for space during Sailabration
For folks who want to partake in Sailabration by water this weekend, expect tight quarters. "An unprecedented number of boats are anticipated. We could have thousands of recreational boaters all trying to come to one location," said Coast Guard Cmdr....
Tags: Cruise Line Ports, United States Naval Academy, Fort McHenry, Energy Resources, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
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On Flag Day, inspiration abounds
For the better part of a decade, Jill Crowther-Peters has portrayed the widowed seamstress who stitched the Star-Spangled Banner, but on Thursday she had the chance to really feel what it was like to be her.
Crowther-Peters, dressed as 19th-century...Tags: Harborplace, Fort McHenry, Gabrielle Giffords, Taylor Green, Anthony G. Brown
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At 50, Arundel historical society celebrates one of its biggest accomplishments
The Benson-Hammond House stands as a tranquil oasis amid Linthicum's bustling air and ground traffic. The 200-year-old mansion-turned-museum sits on about 3 acres, surrounded by BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. That it escaped the wrecking ball and has...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Museums, Fashion Shows, Annapolis, Libraries
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New American citizens take their oath
The white-haired Bosnian grabbed his certificate of citizenship with two hands, held it over his head and smiled broadly. A South Korean woman bowed. A long-haired woman from Ecuador posed like a beauty queen. They were some of the 40 immigrants (from 31...
Tags: Russia, Immigration, Turkey, Istanbul (Turkey), Flag Day (United States)
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Sailors, Marines make 1812 county landmark shipshape
Military past and present came together Friday morning on a patch of farmland that played a key role in the defense of Baltimore during the War of 1812.
Armed with the weapons of landscaping, 55 sailors and Marines in town for the Star-Spangled...Tags: Baltimore County, Kevin Kamenetz, Fort McHenry, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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For a time, Fort McHenry stood empty as its strategic importance was diminished
The quickly constructed, earthen star-shaped Fort Whetstone, built in 1776, was the first fortification to occupy the site where Fort McHenry now stands. The city's vulnerability to a waterborne attack was exposed in the spring of 1776 when the British...Tags: Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, National Parks, England, Armed Forces
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1812 bicentennial celebration kicks off in city with a loud boom
Amid a flurry of international flags, thunderous fireworks and rowdy pirates Tuesday, Baltimore invited the world to its star-spangled salute to the bicentennial of the War of 1812 that starts next week. State and local officials gathered to publicize...
Tags: Colombia, Piracy, Fort McHenry, U.S. Navy, Francis Scott Key
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Historians fret fate of War of 1812 sites
On a grassy hill a mile west of the Patuxent River, historian Ralph Eshelman can see the same bucolic view of fields and placid water anxious British soldiers likely saw when they landed in the summer of 1814 — the first stop in their campaign to...Tags: Queen Anne's County, Revolutions, Archaeology, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Martin O'Malley
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Battered Baltimore buoy gets some Sailabration love
The Baltimore SunIt’s a much-battered part of the Baltimore Harbor scenery, bobbing in the water just above the Key Bridge on the way to the Inner Harbor. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of boats—including Tall Ships and Navy warships--will pass by the Francis...Tags: Patapsco, Fort McHenry, Bill Elliott, Personal Service, Francis Scott Key
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1812: Our first war of choice
In this bicentennial year of the start of the War of 1812, the StarSpangledBaltimore.com website tells us: "The War of 1812 represents what many see as the definitive end of the American Revolution. A new nation, widely regarded as an upstart,...Tags: Revolutions, Baghdad (Iraq), Dick Cheney, Government, Ronald Reagan
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Preventive wars are tricky to judge in retrospect
As David Swanson points out in his recent article, the War of 1812 was indeed senseless, born of wanton stupidity ("America's first war of choice: 1812). It served no useful purpose, local battle glories notwithstanding. Not all wars are like that,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Nazi Party, Germany
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Star-Spangled Sailabration kicks off at Inner Harbor
It took 200 years, but the oft-forgotten War of 1812 got some attention Wednesday.
A flotilla of more than 40 ships representing a dozen nations glided under the Key Bridge and into Baltimore Harbor to launch the commemoration of the conflict that gave...Tags: Perry Hall, Harborplace, Fort McHenry, Star Sailing, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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