An old and potentially explosive piece of military hardware was found Friday at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, where British bombs famously exploded in the air in an 1814 attack that led to the writing of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors tour Fort McHenry, the site of the September 13-14, 1814, battle against the British that inspired Francis Scott Key to ...

Re-enactors wearing period clothing with have an 1814 campsite set up with a campfire discussing The Battle of North Point which occurred one day before the Bombardment of Fort McHenry and was one of ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On September 14, 1814, during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key watched from a British ship as the Royal Navy bombarded Fort McHenry in Baltimore. He was there to negotiate the ...

On September 13, 1814, Fort McHenry stood firm under British assault—and so did the American flag. This powerful tribute connects the legacy of that defiant night to today’s fight for patriotism, ...

"Rendezvous for taste: Peale's Baltimore Museum, 1814-1830," Baltimore: Peale Museum, 1956. https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In 1940, the chapel at Buckingham ...