i think it provided shelter and bombs for burning down the Capitol building. sorry if this wasn't helpful i hope it was i don't really like social studies so...
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was inspired there.
Fort McHenry
Fort Mchenry !
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.
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
The Battle of Fort McHenry.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars . . . were so gallantly streaming! over the star-shaped Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, September 13-14, 1814.
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1814 - After the battle at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
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
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