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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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Wild chase sends 2 troopers to hospital
larry.carson@baltsun.comA man driving a red Mustang convertible near College Park sent two state troopers to Maryland Shock Trauma Center during a wild chase Saturday that also damaged two Prince George's County police cars and a civilian vehicle before ending at Baltimore's...Tags: Michael O'Brien, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Assault, Prince George's County
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Estimates panel to get bridge-replacement contracts today
The Dixon administration is expected to bring two contracts before the Board of Estimates today cementing its two-year-old accord with CSX under which the railroad will pay roughly three-quarters of the cost of replacing two of the city's most...Tags: Local Authority, Sheila Dixon, Engineering, Transportation, Elijah E. Cummings
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Jump in Md. tolls likely after 2010
As the Maryland Transportation Authority's revenues have declined this year, its costs for construction of the Intercounty Connector have risen to the point where the project now accounts for 53 percent of the agency's budget - forcing delays in other...Tags: Government, Transportation, John F. Kennedy, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Fearless or foolhardy?
You'd think that after 14-year-old Destinee Parker, a Montebello Elementary/Middle School student with no underlying health conditions, died this fall from the H1N1 virus, city parents would be rushing to get their children vaccinated. And with news of...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School, Preventative Medicine, Swine Flu
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What's better than a carousel?
Baltimore's vintage Inner Harbor Carousel could be replaced by a pirate-themed theater, a miniature golf course, a traveling Ripley's Believe or Not exhibit or a Ferris wheel.
It also might give way to a new carousel, with figures shaped like anything...Tags: Public Officials, Government, Family, National Aquarium Baltimore, William Donald Schaefer
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Until backs make plays, it's bombs away on Ravens defense
Any relief the Ravens might have gotten in the secondary is nearly gone as veteran cornerback Samari Rolle contemplates retirement. Rolle, though, has one major piece of advice for his partners in the defensive backfield.
And Rod Woodson, the former...Tags: NFL, Cleveland Browns, Surgery, Retirement, Pittsburgh Steelers
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1918 epidemic sent many to final rest on Flu Hill
Hearing the terrifying stories in my childhood about the 1918 influenza epidemic that took the lives of about 5,160 Marylanders propelled me as an adult to learn more. While both of my grandmothers told me their versions of the agony, it was Sister Mary...Tags: Death and Dying, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Patapsco, Influenza Pandemic (1918)
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Schaefer statue makes him one with the people
Baltimore Sun reporterWilliam Donald Schaefer spent a lifetime cultivating his reputation as a "man of the people." That's just how sculptor Rodney Carroll depicts him in the Inner Harbor sculpture that will be unveiled at 1 p.m. Monday to mark Schaefer's 88th birthday....Tags: Regional Authority, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Morgan State University, Colleges and Universities, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Proposal calls for coins to commemorate War of 1812
Commemorative $1 and $5 silver coins recognizing the War of 1812 would be minted in 2012 under a resolution sponsored by Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger that passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Under Ruppersberger's proposal, proceeds from... -
Arnold Lorenz 'Lory' Grumm, pastor
The Rev. Arnold Lorenz "Lory" Grumm, former pastor of Nazareth Lutheran Church in Highlandtown and a Fort McHenry volunteer, died from respiratory failure Sept. 11 at the Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm. He was 85.
Mr. Grumm, the son of a...Tags: Death and Dying, Lutheran, Tourism and Leisure, Canoeing and Kayaking, Gardens and Parks
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Susquehanna spans need work
Recent inspections have found "advanced deterioration" of the pier foundations of the Maryland Transportation Authority's two bridges over the Susquehanna River on Interstate 95 and U.S. 40 - forcing the agency to put repairs to the supporting...Tags: Vehicles, Transportation, Road Transportation, Engineering, Rivers
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