Here was one of my most exciting finds: Just next to the Powder Magazine in the fort is a little pile of smaller-calibre cannon and THIS:
Fired by the British Naval Forces
during the bombardment of this fort
Sept. 13-14, 1814
when by the light of "bombs bursting in air"
the National Anthem - the Star Spangled Banner
had its birth
(1910)
during the bombardment of this fort
Sept. 13-14, 1814
when by the light of "bombs bursting in air"
the National Anthem - the Star Spangled Banner
had its birth
(1910)
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