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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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Tunnel traffic pattern to change Sunday
Baltimore Sun reporterEver since the Fort McHenry Tunnel opened in 1985, motorists heading south on Interstate 95 have had to take an exit ramp to head that way. Staying on the main roadway would lead you to Interstate 895 and the Harbor Tunnel. After this weekend, no more....Tags: White Marsh
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Anne Arundel Datebook
Sunday Sunday arts festival The Inner West Street Association will hold a First Sunday Arts Festival from noon to 5 p.m. in the first block of West St. from Church Circle to Calvert Street around to Whitmore Park Plaza. The event will feature stage...Tags: Edgewater, Sailing, Severna Park, Dining and Drinking, Pleasant Plains
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Free ride for E-ZPass ends: It's about time
As of last week, it costs $1.50 a month to maintain an E-ZPass account with the state of Maryland. That's a scandal.
Not the fee. That's chump change. What's appalling is that it took the Maryland Transportation Authority so long to impose it. Not...Tags: Randy Brown
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Greatest One-Hit Wonder Poem?
Ah, Independence Day — when we celebrate this great nation of ours, with a little help from fireworks, ground beef and one-hit wonder poets. And just what are one-hit wonder poets? They're those unique artists who gained mainstream popularity...Tags: Glastonbury, Poetry, Sheryl Crow, Emma Lazarus, Statue of Liberty
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Expecting the uninspected
Some of Maryland's most important, and vulnerable, transportation choke points are the toll bridges and tunnels run by the Maryland Transportation Authority. From the Bay Bridge to the Fort McHenry Tunnel, these are heavily traveled links in the...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Area's Fourth of July celebrations
Anne Arundel Annapolis: Celebrate an old-fashioned Fourth of July in Annapolis. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. today at Amos Garrett Boulevard and proceeds downtown. A concert by the U.S. Naval Academy Band follows at 8 p.m., concluding with a 9:15 p.m....Tags: People, Dundalk, Maryland Science Center, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia)
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Patrolling waterways of the Baltimore area
Baltimore Sun reporterA little past 3 on a sunny afternoon, Natural Resources Police Officer Chris Morris steered his 19-foot Boston whaler around Baltimore's Inner Harbor and then worked his way to the outer edges of his patrol area. He sped by the cans stacked at the...Tags: Transportation, Dundalk, Patapsco, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Natural Resource Industry
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Family vacation hot spots in Baltimore
Baltimore began a major makeover more than twenty-five years ago and it started with the revitalization of the Inner Harbor, where you can start your exploration, completely on foot. - National Aquarium in Baltimore. The Inner Harbor's anchor boasts...Tags: Australia (movie), People, Walt Disney, Batman, Sports Legends at Camden Yards
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Tall ship's cook faces a boatload of challenges in the kitchen
Robert Lampe bakes a wicked chocolate bread. He also helps load cannons.
He is the cook on the Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction of the privateers that were built in the Chesapeake Bay and used during the War of 1812. The tall ship sails to ports...Tags: Sailing, Breads, Oxford (Talbot, Maryland), Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Around The World Sailing
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Anglers seek Diamond Jim: a gem of a catch
Fifty-one striped bass are sporting the latest in outdoor apparel as they swim the waters of the Chesapeake Bay: thin, green plastic tags announcing that they are the money fish in the state's annual fishing contest, which begins at 5 a.m. today. One...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Trials, Fishing, Natural Resource Industry, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Elizabeth Large's top 10
If you're like me, you love to eat outdoors this time of year. I've done a couple of Top 10s on the best places, but they are all obvious. And therefore crowded. This list is made up of some unexpected choices and new restaurants I went to recently and...Tags: Transportation, Restaurants, Pikesville, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Dining and Drinking
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Army-Navy football game coming back to Baltimore
M&T Bank Stadium will play host in 2014 and 2016 to the Army-Navy football game, a rivalry long associated with Philadelphia that is expected to generate as much as $22 million per game for the Baltimore-area economy.
The annual, tradition-rich game will...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Restaurants, FedEx Corporation, Dining and Drinking, Washington Redskins
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