Or visiting the dank dungeons of Fort McHenry, home of "The Star-Spangled Banner, " in Baltimore Harbor.

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That flame, even though the British came here and burned down this great capitol, even though the British shelled Fort McHenry, that flame still remained.

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It was after the bombing of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 that a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key penned the poem that would become our National Anthem.

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