Image ID 13-109 Click On the image To Return To the All Photograph Scans | This original photograph was printed by A. Aubrey Bodine during his career.
Image ID 13-109
Title Fort McHenry
Date 1951
Description Fort McHenry at the mouth of Baltimore's inner harbor is the site of the birth of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Francis Scott Key on the ship Minden, watched the battle on September 13, 1814. Rockets were used during the bombardment of the fort and on the next morning Key observed that the flag was still there. The battle was spectacular but did little damage. The guns now to be seen at the fort were not used then; they are Civil War weapons. There are, incidently, only two places in Maryland where the American flag flies both day and night - Fort McHenry, and Key's grave in Frederick.
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