Talk:Fort McHenry

New table
I for one don't think the map (of the whole US) adds to this article. Sfahey 22:07, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't either. Removed it. --ScottyBoy900Q 22:58, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Someone added it back. We need a map of Baltimore Harbor or something Autkm 06:31, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Trivia
I can't remember where I heard this, but during the early 20th century part of the land adjacent to Fort McHenry was used as a bathroom. On June 14, 1922, Charles H. Niehaus' statue of Orpheus was dedicated to the memory of Francis Scott Key. In 1962 it was moved to its present location in the esplanade, but originally it was near the entrance to the fort, easily seen by passing ships. Apparently -- and this is the unverified part -- many immigrants thought it was the Statue of Liberty (or perhaps they thought it was a statue of liberty). &mdash; Eoghanacht  talk 14:29, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I know about the immigration station, it i belive was second, only behind Ellis island, in terms of the number processed. Matter of fact there is a project to get a memorial for the station, Baltimore Imigration Project, as well as their is supposed to be a park bult near the site of the station, an article was pubilshed in the Mar 12 edetion of the Baltimore Sun. But as for a statute, i can say, i never herd of it. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:44, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Some sources: Immigration receiving station (registration required after first look) and  (mentions location on Locust Point); Opheus' original location  and general info .  One other bit of trivia, Fort McHenry's  grounds have often been used as a helipad for Marine One, particularly when the president throws out the first ball on opening day at Camden Yards. &mdash;  Eoghanacht  talk 14:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Intresting, not supprised about the Marine One. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Flag
I've noticed that the flag used on this page (Image:US15.PNG) is different than (Image:US_flag_15_stars.svg) used for seemingly all other pages that have the 15-star/stripe flag. On the Star Spangled Banner flag, the flag's width is not as great and the stars are bigger. Based on what I know, this isn't innacurate - since flags really had no standard arrangement until 1912. Is this something worthy of mentioning? --63.167.255.231 14:27, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't think a note like that would be necessary in the Fort McHenry article. It would be nice if someone could write the article on the actual Fort McHenry flag. I would do it, but most of what I "know" is remembered from trips when my father took me to the Smithsonian 3 decades ago. --autkm 21:35, 29 Sep 2006 (UTC)

According to the Star Spangled Banner Flag article the flag cost $405.90, but here it says 574.44 ... which is correct? Jrssr5 16:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

The Star Spangled Banner Flag linked to the scan of the reciept which said "she was paid $405.90 for making the Star-Spangled Banner and $168.54 for making a smaller flag." I have changed this article to $405.90. Lorax (talk) 18:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Re the flag caption, this page implies the flag was flown over the fort during the bombardment. Elsewhere on Wikipedia, however, it says the storm flag was flown, with the large flag appearing in the morning after. I would correct here except that I'm no expert and hope that someone with more knowledge can resolve the discrepancy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.156.6.165 (talk) 19:02, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Time Contradiction
Under the section "War of 1812" it states that the bombardment began at dusk on September 13 and continued for 25 hours. The same paragraph then states that the attack ceased the following morning, which would make it much less than 25 hours. Can anyone settle this?--Geometricks (talk) 09:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I have done some reading since raising that point last year. The bombardment began at 6:00 A.M. It would seem that someone was using an atypical interpretation of the word 'dusk'.--Geometricks (talk) 02:01, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 20:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Possible family history intersection with Battle of Baltimore
Someone added comments in the 'War of 1812' section that they may have some information from their family history. Please clarify this, correct the writing style, and add supporting sources. The other option is to remove that text.

98.224.225.29 (talk) 03:19, 25 May 2009 (UTC)20090524


 * I removed it this morning while making a separate minor edit. It was not my intention to step on any toes. It appeared to me that someone had mistaken the article for a discussion page. As for the content of the deleted paragraph, it seemed to be a conflation of two battles, along with some local folklore. If the author would care to bring it up again, we might be able to sort it out here on the discussion page.--121.202.253.50 (talk) 04:34, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Flag cost?
Regarding the cost of the flag: the Mary Young Pickersgill page says $544.74 and this one says $405.90. So what is it? Fnorth (talk) 00:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Ranger Jim Bailey
In the "Prison" section, the last sentence is a bit messed up. It has Jim Bailey set up as a red link, with the sentence not making sense. I did a search and found that he is a ranger at Ft McHenry, but I couldn't find any place (other than here) to cite as a reference for the info for this section. I think it should be that the sentence should end just before "Jim" and a footnote made that says he is somehow the source for the info (if he is the source).

Here is a link that shows he is a Ranger at Ft McHenry, but it says nothing about this subject.

Make sense? Donpayette (talk) 15:30, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Wrong Date
At the beginning of the first paragraph, it says the battle took place September 13-14, 1813. However, it actually took place in 1814. Could somebody change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:32B2:AA50:9C17:65AE:24F4:B308 (talk) 23:13, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

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