Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
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10 Facts About Fort McHenry
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Fort McHenry was built on the site of the former Fort Whetstone, which had defended Baltimore from 1776 to 1797.
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Fort McHenry Whetstone stood on Whetstone Point peninsula, which juts into the opening of Baltimore Harbor between the Basin and Northwest branch on the north side and the Middle and Ferry branches of the Patapsco River on the south side.
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Fort McHenry was named after early American statesman James McHenry, a Scots-Irish immigrant and surgeon-soldier.
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Fort McHenry was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland and a signer of the United States Constitution.
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The British ships were unable to pass Fort McHenry and penetrate Baltimore Harbor because of its defenses, including a chain of 22 sunken ships, and the American cannons.
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Fort McHenry served to train artillery at this time; this service is the origin of the Rodman guns presently located and displayed at the fort.
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Fort McHenry was made a national park in 1925; on August 11,1939, it was redesignated a "National Monument and Historic Shrine", the only such doubly designated place in the United States.
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Fort McHenry has become a center of recreation for the Baltimore locals as well as a prominent tourist destination.
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In 2005 the living history volunteer unit, the Fort McHenry Guard, was awarded the George B Hartzog award for serving the National Park Service as the best volunteer unit.
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