Some campers are learning that first hand at Fort McHenry this week and this weekend, the public can take part in an experience that will take them back in time. Skip to content NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 ...

The birthplace of The Star-Spangled Banner is rich with American history that goes beyond the War of 1812.. Fort McHenry was instrumental in securing Baltimore for the Union in the early days of ...

BALTIMORE – Recently I had the opportunity to visit Fort McHenry in Baltimore. Although this National Monument and Historic Shrine played a significant role in three of our nation’s wars — the War of ...

Baltimore went a little War-of-1812-crazy last year, when some 1.5 million people crowded into the Inner Harbor to celebrate the bicentennial of the last time Great Britain invaded the U.S. And thi… ...

When the United States waged war against England 200 years ago, Baltimore was at its center. Not only was the battle at Fort McHenry important, so too was what was being built in the Inner Harbor.

Fort McHenry is hallowed ground in United States history. It is of course best known as the scene of a siege during the War of 1812, a siege witnessed by a Washington lawyer called Francis Scott Key, ...

So, the flag they would have flown during the War of 1812, the thing that makes Fort McHenry famous, makes us a national monument and historic shrine. ♪ ("Yankee Doodle" playing). So was that fun?

The ultimate result was “that other war,” which has so long shadowed 1812. It looms even at Fort McHenry, where Maryland legislators were sequestered in 1861 so they couldn’t vote for secession.

The Battle of Fort McHenry. Posted: February 28, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain ultimately ended in stalemate, but in the aftermath ...

Charlesmont Elementary in Dundalk chose Sept. 14, the anniversary of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, to launch its War of 1812 interactive learning center. The students held a flag ceremony and ...

To most Americans, the War of 1812 is the "forgotten war." Its mention conjures images from a short list: The burning Capitol; Francis Scott Key writing poetry during the bombardment of Fort ...