"Fort McHenry NM & HS - Baltimore, MD" - Visitor Center Ranger Desk
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N 39° 15.878 W 076° 34.817
18S E 363668 N 4347333
Stamp for Fort McHenry National Memorial and Historic Shrine. The stamp is located in the visitors center.
Waymark Code: WM6E0P
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2009
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Birthplace of the National Anthem
“O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,” a large red, white and blue banner? “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. The valiant defense of the fort by 1,000 dedicated Americans inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.”" (
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