Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Celebrates 200th Anniversary Of Star-Spangled Banner

BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 12: An airplane pulls a banner advertising a new night club flys past the Battle Monument during the Star Spangled Spectacular September 12, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the United States’ national anthem, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor will host tall ships, fireworks displays, concerts, historic tours and other events. The anthem’s lyrics come from ‘Defence of Fort M’Henry,’ a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships during the War of 1812. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
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