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The 1814 bombardment of this nearby site is commemorated on Defenders' Day

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  • By the dawn's early light of Sept. 14, 1814, the U.S. flag was still flying over this Baltimore fort
  • On Sept. 13-14, 1814, a British bombardment failed to capture this fort; "our flag was still there"
  • The visitor center at this fort offers a film of the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
  • See experts at the Smithsonian work on the conservation of the Star-Spangled Banner from this fort
  • Stronghold in Baltimore Harbor named for a man who was Secretary of War while it was being built
  • During the Civil War, this Baltimore fort was used as a federal prison
  • It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key witnessed "the rockets' red glare"
  • Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore, Maryland made the flag that flew on this site in September of 1814
  • In the War of 1812 this Baltimore fort endured a day-long bombing by British Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane
  • Fittingly, this Maryland fort was built in a star shape
  • The poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner" was first published as "The Defense of " this military compound
  • On the night of September 13-14, 1814, British Admiral George Cockburn tried to take this fort but failed

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