The National Park Service said in a release that an iron reproduction historic cannon exploded during a celebratory firing Sept. 16 at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

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The Star-Spangled Spectacular has come and gone, and the jury is out on whether it lived up to the 2012 Sailabration for Baltimore businesses.

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Want to get a view of Fort McHenry as Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star-Spangled Banner, saw it?

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The bicentennial of the War of 1812 didn’t seem like a slam-dunk tourist attraction to us. In fact, it didn’t seem like much of a slam dunk of anything except the chance for Marylanders to rediscover the proud history behind the defense of Fort McHenry that inspired Francis Scott Key to compose “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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Maryland tourism officials hope to draw more than 1 million people to the birthplace of the “Star-Spangled Banner” next summer as they open a multi-year bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812 with an international maritime festival. The June festival ...

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Just weeks before Baltimore hosts its first ever Grand Prix, two of its investors have filed suit against the race’s organizer, and the Charm City Circulator is being expanded to Fort McHenry. Those stories and more in this week’s business ...

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Expansion of the 21-bus Charm City Circulator to include the Fort McHenry Monument and National Shrine will soon take place with the help of a $1.5 million federal transportation grant. The Circulator will expand its territory into the city’s southern ...

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