School children unfold a 30-by-42-feet American flag at Fort McHenry, a star-shaped fort which during the War of 1812 successfully defended Baltimore’s harbor from an attack by the British navy.

The U.S. Naval Academy Museum has held a public viewing of a large British flag that was captured during the War of 1812.

But seven years later, they were covered up by the 15 flags from the War of 1812 — and sealed up for nearly a century. No one alive had seen the flags long hidden from view.

In the fall of 1812, the British began stopping more ships from leaving and entering ports along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. Then they burned towns along the Chesapeake Bay.

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After the War of 1812, the flag and the words it inspired became a sensation. Key's poem was quickly set to a popular — and ironically British — tune and was soon rebranded as "The Star ...

The flag that Key saw waving above the rampart now hangs in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; Key’s words appear on the inside flap of U.S. passports; and Fort McHenry is ...

Thwarted and out of ammunition, the British sailed away and Key’s verses became the words to the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” As for the largest battle flag ever flown ...

The U.S. Naval Academy Museum holds a public viewing of the British Royal Standard that flew over York (present-day Toronto), Canada, and was captured by U.S. forces during the War of 1812 on ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy Museum has held a public viewing of a large British flag that was captured during the War of 1812.