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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: Fells Point, Conservation, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry
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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: Anthony G. Brown, Francis Scott Key, Taylor Green, Fells Point, Harborplace
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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: Museums, Strawberries, Severna Park, Entertainment Events, Annapolis
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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: Naturalization, Immigration, Russia, Flag Day (United States), Turkey
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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: Fells Point, Baltimore County, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Kevin Kamenetz, Fort McHenry
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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: Francis Scott Key, Armed Conflicts, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, England
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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: U.S. Navy, Francis Scott Key, Fort McHenry, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Martin O'Malley
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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: Chuck Schumer, Kent County, Francis Scott Key, U.S. Senate, Archaeology
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Towson Odd Fellows Lodge marks 160th anniversary
Gene Leasure says stepping into the lodge room of the Towson Odd Fellows Lodge No. 79 on York Road is like stepping into a time machine. Once inside, you're in the mid-1800s — from the architecture of the room to its appointments, from the...
Tags: Arthritis, Benjamin L. Cardin, Culture, Sociology, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Parade of sail sets off from Norfolk en route to Baltimore
As the schooner Pride of Baltimore II headed up the bay from Norfolk Tuesday, the 1,300-square-foot American flag rippling from its main gaff suddenly snagged and ripped.
Fortunately, Pride has a sewing machine onboard.
"We have a lot of flags," said...Tags: U.S. Navy, Fort Monroe, Fort McHenry, Inner Harbor, Pittsburgh
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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), Germany, Nazi Party
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Philip Glass' 'Overture for 2012' to get dual premiere
The most famous piece of music about a conflict in 1812 has nothing to do with what is dubbed the second war of American independence. That won't stop Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture," with its famous bells and cannons, from being part of the "Star-Spangled...
Tags: Toronto (Canada), Canada, Francis Scott Key, Culture, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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