Maryland Parks and Recreation Areas with National Monument

O say can you see, by the dawns 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. Regardless of the “rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air the defenders of Fort McHenry stopped the British advance on Baltimore and helped to preserve the United States of America, the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Phone: 410/962-4290   Price Range: $0 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Baltimore   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Monument   Activities: Birding, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Fort McHenry