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    The Battle of Baltimore (September 12–15, 1814) took place between British and American forces in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land...
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    Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous US city...
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    George Armistead (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    military officer, best known as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Armistead was born to the former Lucinda...
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    on the morning of 12 September 1814. En route to what would be the Battle of North Point, a part of the larger Battle of Baltimore, the British advance...
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    The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball...
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    existing force. The engagement was a part of the larger Battle of Baltimore, an American victory in the War of 1812. Major General Robert Ross had been...
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    to write the poem after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in September 1814. Key had been aboard an American truce...
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    commemorates the Battle of Baltimore, with the British fleet of the Royal Navy's bombardment of Fort McHenry, the Battle of North Point, southeast of the city...
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    American victory at Plattsburgh, and the successful defense at the Battle of Baltimore, which began the next day and halted British advances in the Mid-Atlantic...
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    HMS Terror (1813) (category War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom)
    1813. She participated in several battles of the War of 1812, including the Battle of Baltimore with the bombardment of Fort McHenry (as mentioned in The...
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  • women of all ages from across Maryland, Guard members dress in period clothes from the War of 1812 and help interpret the Battle of Baltimore and the...
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    after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large...
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    Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore is a shipping port along the tidal basins of the three branches of the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, on the upper...
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    3km 2miles Towson Morgan State    The Battle for Greater Baltimore also known as the Morgan State–Towson rivalry is an American football rivalry between...
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    The flag of Baltimore features the "Battle Monument", which is also the central motif on the city's seal. The monument was constructed in the former colonial...
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    the United States was thus victorious in the Battle of Baltimore. William Patterson (d. 1835), a Baltimore merchant, donated 5 acres (20,000 m2) to the...
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    John Stricker (category Maryland in the War of 1812)
    holiday) which formed a part of the larger Battle of Baltimore, along with the subsequent British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry on September 13-14th...
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    HMS Tonnant (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
    aboard the ship while seeking the release of a captured civilian prisoner, several days before the Battle of Baltimore. Key went on to write what later became...
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    Mary Young Pickersgill (category People from Baltimore)
    was the maker of the Star-Spangled Banner hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The daughter of another noted flag...
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    The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member...
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    the attacks on Washington, D.C., and the Battle of Baltimore, before withdrawing to Bermuda with the rest of the British forces. They were later settled...
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    The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as...
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  • Sons incorporated. 1814 September - Battle of Baltimore Peale Museum opens. 1815 Battle Monument erected. Baltimore Exchange opens. 1816 Asbury College...
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    Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore)
    Whetstone Point in Baltimore Harbor in the summer of 1814 during the British Royal Navy attack in the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. The museum...
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    The "bombs bursting in air" recorded by Francis Scott Key at the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 were provided by the Volcano, Meteor, Devastation, Aetna...
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  • This is a list of famous or notable people who were born in or lived in Baltimore, Maryland. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T...
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    expression of national gratitude," because of its successful defense against the British Army and Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore the previous...
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    Cenotaph (category Acknowledgements of death)
    The Battle Monument in Baltimore, Maryland commemorates the Battle of Baltimore, the Battle of North Point on 12 September 1814, the Bombardment of Fort...
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    populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. The county is part of the Central Maryland region of the state. Baltimore County partly surrounds but does...
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    of the Baltimore City Courthouse of 1894–1900 and the landmark Battle Monument in Battle Monument Square, commemorating the fallen in the defense of the...
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