The ultimate result was “that other war,” which has so long shadowed 1812. It looms even at Fort McHenry, where Maryland legislators were sequestered in 1861 so they couldn’t vote for secession. “We ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On September 14, 1814, during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key watched from a British ship as the Royal Navy bombarded Fort McHenry in Baltimore. He was there to negotiate the ...

Re-enactors wearing period clothing with have an 1814 campsite set up with a campfire discussing The Battle of North Point which occurred one day before the Bombardment of Fort McHenry and was one of ...

“This is the feel-good side of the War of 1812,” says Vince Vaise, Fort McHenry’s chief interpreter. “We won the battle here, we don’t hate the British anymore, and the flag and national anthem have ...