Commanding Fort McHenry was Major General George Armistead, who a year earlier had commissioned a new garrison flag for the fort. The massive flag measured 30 feet by 42 feet, with fifteen red ...

The steamer for Fortress Monroe stopped at Fort McHenry this evening, and took on board 37 released rebel prisoners, who were captured at Bull Run. They will be sent home by a flag of truce.

British forces bombed Fort McHenry, but the U.S. had proved victorious during the battle. The next morning, Francis Scott Key spotted the American flag flying over the fort and he was hit with ...

The Cattle Call Mini Rodeo Committee would like to extend their sincere thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers who helped make the 35th annual “Mini Rodeo for Special People” ...

Red and blue America are moving farther and farther apart from each other. Here is what voters told the Deseret News' Samuel ...

Commanding Fort McHenry was Major General George Armistead, who a year earlier had commissioned a new garrison flag for the fort. The massive flag measured 30 feet by 42 feet, with fifteen red stripes ...

Key was relieved to see the American flag still flying over Fort McHenry at “dawn’s early light.” He quickly penned the lines to a poem, “The Defense of Fort McHenry.” The poem was printed in ...

Artist: John Philip Sousa Year: 1896 Streams: 8,084,587 Scott Key originally wrote a poem about the bombing of Fort McHenry ...

Still standing. I couldn’t help but think of Fort McHenry and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ The bombs bursting in air really did give proof through the night that our flag was still there.” ...

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Corporate Director of Communications Gary Rhodes told Lake and McHenry County Scanner this week that the company has “no plans to close parks.” [Suggested Article] ...