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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 city...
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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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    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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    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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    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 flag of the city of Baltimore features the "Battle Monument", which is also the central motif on the city's seal. The monument was constructed in...
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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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    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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    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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    bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Outer Baltimore Harbor in the Patapsco River during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812...
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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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    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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  • Sons incorporated. 1814 September - Battle of Baltimore Peale Museum opens. 1815 Battle Monument erected. Baltimore Exchange opens. 1816 Asbury College...
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    took the life of a rescuer. The mouth of the Patapsco River forms Baltimore Harbor, the site of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. This is...
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    rivalry, known as The Battle for Greater Baltimore, is a football game between Morgan State University and Towson University. List of NCAA college football...
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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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    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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    Chesapeake Bay Flotilla (category Naval battles of the War of 1812)
    the following posts in the defense of Baltimore: The Flotilla manned these positions throughout the Battle of Baltimore, pitting sailor against sailor in...
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    history of the Baltimore and its surrounding area in central Maryland since the establishment of settlements by European colonists in 1661. The Baltimore area...
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    USS Baltimore (CA-68) was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruiser, the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Baltimore, Maryland...
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    HMS Aetna (1803) (category War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom)
    second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809. Later, she participated in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore...
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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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    Cenotaph (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    Star-Spangled Banner (flag) (category History of Baltimore)
    McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. It is on exhibit at the National Museum of American...
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    of Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County partly surrounds but does not include the independent city of Baltimore....
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