#fort mchenry

[ltwilliammowett]

Sunset at Fort McHenry with a boat rowing to a ship, by William Bradford, 1823

#naval art #sunset #fort mchenry #early 19th century #age of sail

[clove-pinks]

Very sharp-looking 1812 United States Corp of Artillery impression at Fort McHenry. He holds a .69 calibre US Model 1795 smooth-bore musket with an effective range of about 80 yards. Other equipment includes a model 1795 bayonet and model 1808 cartridge box with shoulder belt.

#war of 1812 #fort mchenry #us army #historical reenactor #living history #black powder #flintlock #historical reenactment #corps of artillery #military history #us history

[crabsandbeer]

Fort McHenry - Baltimore, Maryland. by Kevin B. Moore

#baltimore #baltimore museum of industry #bmi #domino sugars #fort mchenry #history #maryland #museum #urban #brick #masonry #fort #mchenry #light #dark #war #1812 #battle #baltimoreharbor #low light #flickr

[thebaltimoreyoudontknow]

We went to enjoy the cherry blossoms at Fort McHenry yesterday. Baltimore is a sister city with Kawasaki in Japan, so the committee set up a little event. It was lovely, if slightly chilly.

#Fort McHenry #francis scott key #star spangled banner #cherry blossom #cherry blossom festival #Baltimore #maryland #charm city #the baltimore you dont know #the baltimore you don't know #Kawasaki #japan #sister cities #cultural exchange

[originaljediinjeans]

My art: "The Star-Spangled Banner", watercolor pencil

"O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

"On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, ’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

"O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation! Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto - “In God is our trust,” And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave."

~Francis Scott Key

#my art #watercolor pencil #us history #war of 1812 #the star-spangled banner #fort mchenry #baltimore

[michaelwriston]

Fort McHenry. Baltimore, MD. 2023.

#baltimore #maryland #fort mchenry #michael wriston #canon 6d #original photographers #photographers on tumblr

[oceanpacer]

#uscg eagle #uscg #coast guard #Eagle #Baltimore #fort mchenry #american flag

[announcethosestates]

Even though Maryland was the birth place of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, and they were a slave state, I'm still celebrating their anniversary today, because they didn't secede from the Union and become a traitor.

#maryland #baltimore #annapolis #ravens #fort mchenry

[snapkit]

Fort McHenry, MD

(All photos I take ft. the USA flag are for historic purposes, not to make any statement. This is a historic site + flags were lowered due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth)

#photography #east coast #history #historic #i am a leftist i promise #also NOT pro monarchy #american history #maryland #fort mchenry #my photography #literally all of the photos i will be posting are bc we visited a friend in MD and like history #photographer #landscape #landscape photography #united states #usa #united states of america #americana #colonial history #colonial #colonial america #revolutionary war

[susiestamps]

US 1978 15¢ Fort McHenry flag The land of the free - the home of the brave

#us #united states #flag #american flag #fort mchenry #fort mchenry flag #stamp #stamps #philately #stamp collection #snail mail #postage #postage stamp #usps #1970s

[jahtheexplorer]

Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland.

#Photographers on tumblr #Baltimore #Maryland #fort #history #Fort mchenry #architecture #waterfront #east coast #prison

[markloveshistory]

The Star Spangled Banner Written

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#1814 #America #fort mchenry #francis scott key #History #mark loves history #September 13 #star spangled banner #this date in history #This Day in History #today in history

[clove-pinks]

A new depiction of the bombardment of Fort McHenry on September 14, 1814 by historical artist Don Troiani.

Before the attack on Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, a Georgetown Federalist who had come to Baltimore with a volunteer artillery company, had visited the main British squadron at the mouth of the Patapsco River to secure the release of a civilian prisoner, Dr. William Beanes. The British high command had already decided to release Beanes, but the Americans were not permitted to leave until the assault on Fort McHenry was over. Key paced the deck of his truce ship all night, watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry some eight miles away. The next morning, Key noticed that the British squadron was headed his way. He also saw that the huge garrison flag (measuring 30 by 42 feet) had been run up above the fort. With this he realized that the bombardment had been a failure and that McHenry was still in American hands.

Key was so moved that he wrote a poem entitled “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” The poem was distributed as a broadside, which suggested that it could be sung to a British drinking song, “To Anacreon in Heaven.” The new song, which was later renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” appeared in newspapers up and down the coast and ultimately became the national anthem. (“The bombs bursting in air” were the British mortar shells that exploded above the fort, and “the rockets’ red glare” referred to Congreve rockets.)

— Donald R. Hickey, The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict

The original song and lyrics is worth a listen—and absolutely a party song, making it historically correct to get blasted on the 4th of July.

#War of 1812 Wednesday #war of 1812 #fort mchenry #don troiani #military history #us history #the star-spangled banner #francis scott key #donald r hickey #to anacreon in heaven #party rock of the 1770s #Youtube

[crabsandbeer]

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse - Baltimore, Maryland by Kevin B. Moore

#2024 #baltimore #bridge #collapse #disaster #fort mchenry #ft mchenry #key bridge #dali #coastguard #boat #patapsco #flickr

[granonine]

Sunday Morning Coffee: Musings

The creaky old back has been acting up again, so I’m home this morning. It’s been several months since I last had an injection for the pain, so I’m not surprised–just sad. One of these days, the injections aren’t going to work at all. There are a couple of other options, but the only cure is death. And I don’t mean that in a sarcastic or doom-and-gloom way. When death closes my eyes here, I will,…

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#a new body in heaven #creaky old back #Fort McHenry #Francis Scott Key #musings #our national anthem #Sunday Morning Coffee #traitor?

[mayburyphotography]

Baltimore, MD 2023

#statue #city #baltimore #maryland #fort mchenry #original photographers #photographers on tumblr