Key was certain that American defenses at Fort ... had requested that a giant flag be made to fly over the fort a year earlier, with the War of 1812 well underway and certain at some point he ...

In the murky waters of Baltimore's harbor, between the Chesapeake Bay and a decommissioned fort ... not just this flag, but any American flag." After the War of 1812, the flag and the words ...

Max Impact, stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., is one of six musical ensembles that form The U.S.

Visitors covered their ears in anticipation of the loud sound of the cannon fired Sunday during the Old Fort’s reenactment of the siege of Fort Wayne during the War of 1812. The Old Fort ...

"Uncle Sam was inspired by Troy, New York, meatpacker ‘Uncle’ Sam Wilson, who supplied troops with rations way back during the War of 1812," Uncle ... star-spangled American flag top hat.

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, in part over seizures of American ships and ... "Defence of Fort M'Henry,” after a withering night of ...