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Fort McHenry Bill and the Star Spangled Banner Shrine
Senator France proposes restoring Fort McHenry as a national park and memorial birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner. The piece recounts the 1814 defense, Key’s vigil aboard the Minden, and the flag’s endurance amid British bombardment, noting 100000 for work and 10000 yearly maintenance.
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Fort McHenry
Maryland
Fort McHery
National Park
National Memorial Shrine
Francis Scott Key
Secretary of War
National Park and Memorial
Baltimore City
State of
United States
National Museum
Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Vermont
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Louisiana
Indiana
Mississippi
France
Atlantic
Maine
Brooke
Ross
Cochrane
Patapsco
George Armistead
Armistead
Minden
Potomac
William Beanes
Key
Webster
Union