Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

During the War of 1812, British forces sailed to Baltimore ... harbor and expressed his gratitude and relief at the victory in a poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner." Following the Battle of ...

The United States had declared war on Great Britain back in June 1812, a few decades after winning ... then attempted to capture Baltimore, losing at Fort McHenry. Now, much farther south, the ...