The shelling during the Battle of Ft McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem, "The Star Spangled Banner" which was soon set to the English drinking song, "To Anacreon in Heaven," and is now the National Anthem of the US.
Fort Mchenry !
The Battle of Fort McHenry.
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The Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. British ships were bombarding Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote the poem which would later become the national anthem.More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
1814The lyrics come from "The Defence of Fort McHenry", written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
Fort McHenry
Fort Mchenry !
The Battle of Fort McHenry.
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Fort McHenry
Battle of Fort McHenry
No. It was the French and the American colonist that defeated the British at Yorktown, VA that established the USA. The Battle at Fort McHenry MD, while providing the USA with it's national anthem, was not as important as the Battle of Yorktown.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was inspired there.
Fort McHenry is located in Baltimore.
Fort McHenry was created in 1925.
Fort McHenry, just outside of Baltimore, Maryland.
1814The lyrics come from "The Defence of Fort McHenry", written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.