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Fort McHenry National MONUMENT is within the city limits of Baltimore in the state of Maryland.
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.
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Battle of Fort McHenry
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The American flag which flew above Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
20 things that only exist in and around the Baltimore area are:National AquariumMaryland Science CenterPort Discovery Children's MuseumAmerican Visionary Art MuseumFort McHenry National Monument & Historic ShrineBaltimore BasilicaBaltimore Museum of ArtUSS ConstellationGeppi's Entertainment MuseumBaltimore and Ohio Railroad MuseumThe Walters Art MuseumOriole Park at Camden YardsFort McHenry National MonumentM&T Bank Stadiumthe Maryland Zoo in Baltimorethe Lyric Opera HouseFells PointHippodrome TheaterBaltimore Inner HarborBasilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fort McHenry.
The significance of Fort McHenry would be that it played an important role in defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Then, it inspired Francis Scott Key to compose a poem which later it became known as our national anthem: "Star Spangled Banner". Fort McHenry is a fort that is in the shape of a star.
Michael McHenry's birth name is Michael McHenry.
"Flag over Ft. McHenry"
The United States of America's National Anthem is the Star-Spangled Banner, whose lyrics are from "Defence of Fort McHenry," a poem written in 1814 by the poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombing of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.September 14, 1814