One of the highlights of this trip to Maryland was our visit to Fort McHenry. Francis Scott Key was in the Chesapeake Bay and saw the flag flying over Fort McHenry when he was inspired to write the words to The Star Spangled Banner that have now become our national anthem. It is a star shaped fort outside of Baltimore, protecting the city. We arrived in time to witness and participate in a flag ra
ising. It included singing the National Anthem and saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Wow, it was inspiring. We then walked around the fort to see barracks, magazines full of gun powder and other aspects of fort life. The whole experience was neat. The uniforms they had in one section reminded me how small the men/people were back then.Here are some photos of our visit to the place where The Star Spangled Banner was waving.
Thank you Brett for suggesting this. It was fun.
2 comments:
Brooke--it is so fun to see your family and hear of your adventures! I can't believe how long Julia's hair is--last we saw her she kept cutting it so it never had a chance to be so long. :) Your girls are beautiful!
I hope to be able to take my kids to all of those national treasure's someday. It looks like you had a great vacation!
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