Defenders' Day 2023 at Fort McHenry is September 15-17. The event starts on Friday, September 15, with a parade through Locust Point at 7pm. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you can take Deck Tours of the Pride of Baltimore II which will be docked at the Fort. On Saturday and Sunday, Fort McHenry will have drills, [...]
Defenders' Day / Star Spangled Banner Weekend 2022 at Fort McHenry is September 9-11. The event starts on Friday, September 9, with a parade through Locust Point at 7pm. On Saturday and Sunday, Fort McHenry will seem like a true open fort, with drills, cooking demonstrations, dress parade, cannon firing, and raising of the large [...]
Defenders' Day / Star Spangled Banner Weekend at Fort McHenry 2021 is September 17-18. The event starts on Friday, September 17 at 6:30pm with a parade down Hull Street to Fort Avenue and ending at Fort McHenry’s gate. On Saturday, September 18, Fort McHenry will be open with raising of the large Flag, multiple musical [...]
Defenders' Day / Star Spangled Banner Weekend at Fort McHenry 2019 is September 13-15. The event starts on Friday, September 13, with a parade through Locust Point at 7pm. On Saturday and Sunday, Fort McHenry will seem like a true open fort, with drills, cooking demonstrations, dress parade, cannon firing, and raising of the large [...]
Defenders' Day / Star Spangled Banner Weekend at Fort McHenry 2018 is September 14-16. The event starts on Friday, September 14, with a parade through Locust Point at 7pm. On Saturday and Sunday, Fort McHenry will seem like a true open fort, with drills, cooking demonstrations, dress parade, cannon firing, and raising of the large [...]
Star Spangled Banner Weekend at Fort McHenry 2016 is September 9-11. The event starts on Friday, September 9, with Baltimore City Schools joining in "Young Defenders," learning about Baltimore's role in the War of 1812. Friday evening, there will be a replica Flag of the Star Spangled Banner paraded from the foot of Hull Street [...]
Baltimore: Birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner is the new slogan for Baltimore. It has come about after the Star Spangled Sailabration and Star Spangled Spectacular, events which celebrated the bicentennial and the writing of the Star Spangle Banner at Fort McHenry. The fact that the Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem, was written right [...]
The Star Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore is September 10-16, 2014 to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the National Anthem! On Saturday the 13th, there is the Star Spangled Spectacular at Fort McHenry from 6-10pm, and Star Spangled Spectacular at Pier Six from 7-10pm, culminating in Fireworks at 9:30pm. The fireworks program will be 20 minutes [...]
Baltimore will be having a Star Spangled Weekend September 7-9, 2012 at Fort McHenry, commemorating Defenders' Day, when Fort McHenry was bombarded, and the "Star Spangled Banner" was written. On Friday evening, there will be a ceremonial parade of the flag, marched to the Inner Harbor, where a ceremony will take place. Those involved in [...]
Baltimore will be hosting its' first air show as part of the Star Spangled Sailabration June 13-19, 2012. The Star Spangled Sailabration revolves around 40 tall ships coming into the Inner Harbor, beginning the National launch of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812! You will be able to have free tours of the tall [...]