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| [[Category:Maryland Forts]]
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| [[Image:FortMcHenry.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Fort McHenry]]
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| '''Fort McHenry (1776-1912)''' - Fort McHenry was originally named Fort Whetstone after it's location on Whetstone point. In 1798 it was renamed Fort McHenry in honor of [[James McHenry]], Secretary of War under [[George Washington]]. The location insured that enemy ships sailing into Baltimore would have to pass the fortifications.
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| The British attacked during the [[War of 1812]] on September, 1814. For 25 hours the British bombarded Fort McHenry from ships outside of Baltimore harbor. The fort's defenders held firm, and Baltimore was saved.
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| During the [[U.S. Civil War]] union troops were stationed at Fort McHenry to help keep Baltimore out of the hands of those who would have Maryland join the southern rebellion. The fort's guns were turned toward the city. The fort was used as a temporary prison where political prisoners suspected of being confederate sympathizers were held, often without trial. Following the Battle of Gettysburg in early July, 1863 nearly 7,000 confederate soldiers were detained in the fort.
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| Fort McHenry continued its active military service to the country until July 20, 1912 when the last active garrison left the fort.
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| From 1915 to 1917 the City of Baltimore used the site as a city park and beach.
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| In 1917 the United States Army used the fort site to establish U. S. General Hospital No. 2 for returning wounded veterans of [[World War I]]. It was the largest military hospital in the United States with over 100 temporary buildings. Some of the earliest developments in the fields of reconstructive and neuro-surgery were made in that hospital. When the war ended, the need for the hospital slowly diminished and in 1925 the hospital was torn down.
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| In 1925 Fort McHenry was made a national park, and it was transferred to the care of the National Park Service in 1933. Fort McHenry was redesignated a National Monument and Historic Shrine in 1939. It is the nation's only Historic Shrine.
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| During [[World War II]] the Fort served as a Coast Guard Training Center for fire control and port defense.
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| '''Location:''' Baltimore, Maryland
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|39.26165|-76.58105}}
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.nps.gov/fomc/home.htm National Park]
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| * [http://www.bcpl.net/~etowner/history.html History]
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| '''Visited:''' No
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