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ARE ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
IT IS DEPENDENT ON MOSQUITO
COUNTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.
YOU KNOW THE SONG AND EVERY
YEAR WE MARK THE SPOT WHERE IT
WAS WRITTEN.
HOW ABOUT CARLOS SANTANA'S
RENDITION. WE WENT OUT TO WATCH
THE SPECIAL CEREMONY AND BRINGS
US THE SPECIAL STORY.
Reporter: WITH THAT, THE
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MEMORIAL IS
BACKWARD BELONGS.
EVERY SPRING THE COAST GUARD
CUTTER JAMES MAKIN PLACES THE
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BLUITT JUST
NORTH OF THE KEY BRIDGE TO MARK
THE SPOT WHERE KEY OBSERVED THE
BRITISH BOMB FORT McHENRY.
BESIDES BEING THE BATTLE THAT
INSPIRED HIM TO WRITE THIS BUT
THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, HIS
STORY WILL TELL YOU WHAT AN
IMPORTANT BATTLE THIS WAS FOR
THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAR OF
1812.
IT SEALED THE FATE OF THE
WAR.
THAT BROUGHT THE WAR TO A
CONCLUSION AND CONVINCED THE
BRITISH THAT THEY COULD NOT DO
THIS.
IT WAS THE BATTLE OF BALTIMORE.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IT'S A
GREAT EXPERIENCE.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS
OFFICER HAD A CHANCE TO DO THE
HONOR OF PLACING THE BLUITT.
EVERY MEMBER -- THIS IS A
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE. BILL
WARMER CAME UP WITH THE AVENUE
FOR -- THE ID FOR THE BLUITT.
THIS IS HIM BACK IN THE 70s.
HIS FAMILY COMES ALONG TO CARRY
ON THE TRADITION.
THIS IS TO OF HIS SIBLINGS,
TWO OF HIS CHILDREN, SIX OF HIS
GRANDCHILDREN, AND SIX OF HIS
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
THEY CHRISTENED THE BOAT WE
WOULD JELLYBEANS EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE VERY PROUD EVERY TIME WE
COME ON HERE.
EACH YEAR WHEN THE BLUITT GOES