I just sang it, with tears in my eyes, two hours ago with about 1500 other Baltimoreans on Hampstead Hill (now Patterson Park), 200 years later and on the very site of the earthworks dug by Baltimore citizens to defend the city. The British did not expect the city to be heavily defended, after rolling through and burning Washington, and left.
I just sang it, with tears in my eyes, two hours ago with about 1500 other Baltimoreans on Hampstead Hill (now Patterson Park), 200 years later and on the very site of the earthworks dug by Baltimore citizens to defend the city. The British did not expect the city to be heavily defended, after rolling through and burning Washington, and left.
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It must have been so exciting to be there! Links below to some of the events.
11:38 Minutes
Star Spangled Banner As You’ve Never Heard It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxGNQE5ZLA
Published on Jul 6, 2013
The story of how our national anthem came to be.
http://www.starspangled200.com/
https://twitter.com/StarSpangled200
Baltimore celebrates the bicentennial of the Star-Spangled Banner [Pictures]
Blue Angels soar over Baltimore [Pictures]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/star-spangled-spectacular/bal-blue-angels-pictures-20140913,0,3838612.photogallery