🏛️ Fort McHenry

United States · Americas · 39.26°N, 76.58°W

Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British Royal Navy from the Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	39.26°N, 76.58°W · view on map

Fort McHenry is located in United States, in Americas.

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