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>> BALTIMORE, WHERE THE BRAVERY
OF ITS CITIZEN-SOLDIERS AT FORT
MCHENRY NATIONAL MONUMENT AND
HISTORIC SHRINE SAVED THE
FLEDGLING UNITED STATES AND
INSPIRED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
NOW, 200 YEARS LATER, THE CITY
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE
STATE OF MARYLAND PREPARE TO
COMMEMORATE THE BICENTENNIAL OF
THE WAR OF 1812, AMERICA'S
SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, AND
PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PENNING OF
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY'S IMMORTAL
POEM, THAT IS "THE STAR SPANGLED
BANNER."
TALL SHIPS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
AND U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL NAVAL
VESSELS, WITH THE BLUE ANGELS
SOARING OVERHEAD, WILL CONVERGE
ON BALTIMORE'S FAMED INNER
HARBOR, JUNE 13TH THROUGH 19TH,
2012, FOR THE NOT-TO-BE-MISSED
STAR-SPANGLED SAILABRATION.
FOR DETAILS, AND TO BOOK YOUR
HOTEL ROOM, VISIT
"STARSPANGLED200.COM."