architektura: Francis Scott Key

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Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which was set to a popular British tune and eventually became the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". In 1814 Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812. He was inspired upon seeing an American flag flying over the fort at dawn: his poem was published within a week with the suggested tune of the popular song "To Anacreon in Heaven". The song with Key's lyrics became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and slowly gained in popularity as an unoffici…

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Evidence: 91 • authority: 72

The Battle of Baltimore took place between British and American forces on September 12–14, 1814, during the War of 1812. Defending American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy major port city of Baltimore, Maryland, by British forces preventing the United States' third largest city at the time from falling to British forces and ending the British Chesapeake campaign. The British and Americans first met at the Battle of North Point. Though the Americans were tactically defeated and forced to retreat, the battle was a successful delaying action that inflicted significant casualties on the British including the commanding general Robert Ross, halted their advance, and allowed t…

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Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British Royal Navy from the Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814. The fort was built in 1798 and was used continuously by U.S. armed forces through World War I and by the United States Coast Guard in World War II. It was designated a national park in 1925, and, in 1939, was redesignated a U.S. National Monument. During the War of 1812, an American storm flag, 17 by 25 feet (5.2 m × 7.6 m), was flown over Fort McHenry during the British bombard…

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The results of the War of 1812, initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1815, included no immediate boundary changes. The Treaty of Ghent restored the territorial status quo ante bellum, returning occupied territory on both sides, but it did not resolve the maritime disputes over impressment, neutral trade, and belligerent rights that had contributed to the war, Britain maintained their maritime belligerent rights in full. The longer-term result was the beginning of a more stable Anglo-American relationship, eventually followed by more than two centuries of peace between Britain, Canada, and the United States. Britain’s principal objectives in North America -…

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Evidence: 27 • authority: 80

American Fortification Strategy and Military Tactics at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland

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