Description: We all know that the star-spangled banner is the national anthem of the USA. The lyrics are based of what happened at Fort McHenry. Star Spangled Banner Flag inspired the poem which was written by Francis Scott Key. I’m fascinated by the history of the USA. Now I wanted to go to the place where it all began. It happened a few weeks ago. With my family we drove to Baltimore. It was easy to find and there was enough parking space (free). You have to go through the visitor center to enter the Fort. Because of the rain, we decided to see the movie first. I was glad we did. This movie is a must see for everybody. I won’t tell what will happen at the end of the movie. Don’t want to spoil the end, but it’s really fantastic and a very moving surprise. Hearing the national anthem at that time and right there was so powerful and amazing! I only can say…goose-bumps! After the movie we walked around the visitor center. Everything is very well explaned. With all this information in mind, we went the to the Fort.
From the fort you’ll have a great view of the harbour of Baltimore. Along our walk we came by several information plaques. It’s very interesting to read about the history of this fort. We saw cannons and cannon balls on the grounds, but I don’t know if they were replicas. The paths and surrounding of Fort McHenry are well maintained. From the fort we came at the soldiers barracks. Every room has something to see. Sometimes only information to read, but also rooms were the recreated the situation back in the days. You’ll get a good impression of how it was in those days. After a few hours we saw everything and we understand the meaning of the words to the Star Spangled Banner much better. It has more meaning now. We walked back to the visitor center. We did visited the store, but didn’t buy anything.
This is a wonderful historic site and a must see! You’ll learn a lot about this important place in the history of America.
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