OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE!

One of my favorite places I got to visit on my "history" trip back east was Fort McHenry.

After the British bombed this Baltimore fort the only thing the British could see was our American Flag. Major George Armistead, a commanding officer, desired "to have a flag so large that the British will have no difficulty in seeing it from a distance."

This is the place where F. Scott Key a young poet wrote the star-spangled banner.

ONE HUNDRED & NINETY-FIVE YRS. AGO TODAY.

My parents are standing in the exact spot where a British bomb hit on Sept. 13th. As we were reading the plaque I looked down at my watch and realized that if it had been the actual year of 1812 in one hour I would be blown apart (to put it bluntly).

To top it all off we got a little musical performance. Actually, these boys were awesome and knew a ton about our history.