The address of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House And 1812 Museum is: 844 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Francis Scott key saw the American flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor (Maryland) in the early morning of September 14th 1814. He was being detained on board a British ship while trying to arrange the exchange of prisoners when the night-long bombardment started. Fort McHenry is located on the eastern and southern most shore of Locust Point a central peninsula in Baltimore Harbor. This flag is known as the "Star Spangled Banner."
The US was engaged in what we call the War of 1812 when Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the British attack on Ft. McHenry in the Baltimore harbour.
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The Maryland Gazette founded in 1727 is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. William Goddard inaugurated the first Post Office system in the United States in Baltimore in 1774. The Baltimore Water Company, the first water company in the United States, was chartered in 1792. Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after seeing the flag still waving during a battle in 1814. In 1844 the first telegraph line in the world was established between Washington and Baltimore. In 1803, Thomas Moore of Brookville invented the first refrigerator. The first Linotype machine in America was invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in Baltimore in 1884. The first steam tanker, the Maverick, was built in America by the firm of W.T. Malster of Baltimore in 1890. The first and only major league baseball player to hit seven for seven in a game was accomplished by Wilbert Robinson, a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles. It occurred on June 10, 1892 in a game against St. Louis. Robinson hit six singles and a double and the Orioles won the game 25-4. Maryland was the first state in America to adopt the "Shield Law," which protected reporters and newspapers from revealing their sources of information. The first bookmobile in the United States was put into operation from an idea of Miss Mary Titcomb, a librarian at the Washington County Free Library. It went into operation in April 1907.
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The address of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House is: 844 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202-4403
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Fort McHenry is in Baltimore, Maryland.
It was written in Baltimore, Maryland by Francis Scott Key.
Baltimore, Maryland during the War of 1812
The web address of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House is: http://www.flaghouse.org
The defeat of the British at Baltimore, Maryland
The battle was fought at Baltimore, Maryland and was a part of the overall Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. This is where Francis Scott Key penned the Star Spangled Banner, the US National Anthem.
The phone number of the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House is: 410-837-1793.
Maryland Crab Cakes, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, and the The Star Spangled Banner (written during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812).