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New Star-Spangled Banner takes shape in Maryland
It was 200 years ago this summer that a Baltimore flag-maker stitched the flag that inspired America’s national anthem. Now, hundreds of people are helping to recreate the star-spangled banner. The project began July 4 in Baltimore, and it is expected to take volunteers six weeks to hand-sew the estimated 150,000 stitches in the famous […]
Photo of the Day – Fort McHenry Visitor Center
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Pride of Baltimore II ready to embark on 5-month voyage
The Pride of Baltimore II will be setting sail on a five-month voyage to ports along the East Coast, Great Lakes and in Canada. During the voyage, the ship will promote Maryland’s contributions to the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner during the 1814 Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry.
Piece of World Trade Center welcomed to Baltimore in November
On November 23, 2010, Gov. Martin O'Malley, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, police officers, firefighters and members of the Maryland 9/11 Memorial Advisory Committee welcomed a piece of the World Trade Center to Baltimore. Plans to make that piece into a memorial to sit in front of Baltimore's World Trade Center are to be revealed Wednesday afternoon.
Fort McHenry celebrates new visitors center 1812-style
The new 17,655 square-foot state-of-the-art visitors center at Fort McHenry opened to visitors on Thursday, March 3, 2011, the 80th anniversary of the adoption of The Star-Spangled Banner as the American national anthem.
Photo of the Day – ‘And the rockets’ red glare…’
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Photo of the Day – Francis Scott Key
Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by The Daily Record staff
National Anthem draft leaves Baltimore home for 1st time
The original manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” written by Francis Scott Key is leaving Baltimore for the first time in nearly 200 years for an event in Annapolis. The document will be moved from its home at the Maryland Historical Society on Tuesday in an armored car. It will be placed on view during a […]
O’Malley, Rawlings-Blake welcome piece of World Trade Center to Baltimore
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, firefighters, police and members of the Maryland 9/11 Memorial Advisory Committee met Tuesday to welcome a piece of the World Trade Center to Baltimore. The 4,000 pound piece will soon be made into a memorial honoring those who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
