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Over 6,000 school children assembled into a "living" American flag at Fort McHenry, all to celebrate the 200th anniversary of "The Star Spangled Banner" on Tuesday. (National Park Service)
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Almost 7,000 school children assembled at Fort McHenry to form the largest 'living" American flag on record, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of "The Star Spangled Banner". (National Park Service photo)
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Fort McHenry in Baltimore was where Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" and where cannon shots defended the city against the British during the War of 1812. (Associated Press)
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Ceremonial cannons are fired at Fort McHenry, birthplace of the national anthem. (National Park Service)
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Though the original Star-Spangled Banner was taken down and preserved for posterity, Fort McHenry near Baltimore makes sure the American flag is still there. (Maryland Governor's office)
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The American flag flying at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner," but the war itself inspired little else. (Smithsonian Institution/National Museum of American History)
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Sailors on the Dewaruci from Indonesia can be seen standing on the sails of the ship as it passes Fort McHenry after celebrating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner as part of a week long international tall ship and naval vessel parade called the Star-Spangled Sailabration, Baltimore, Md., Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Stephanie Smith, playing a historical citizen of Baltimore walks through the gate of Fort McHenry as the masts of the Cuauhtémoc, a tall ship from Mexico, can be seen in the distance on its way out of Baltimore Harbor after celebrating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner as part of a week long international tall ship and naval vessel parade called the Star-Spangled Sailabration, Baltimore, Md., Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Ron Brill of Boiling Springs, Pa., uses his binoculars on the banks of Fort McHenry to keep an eye out for tall ships make their out of Baltimore Harbor after celebrating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner as part of a week long international tall ship and naval vessel parade called the Star-Spangled Sailabration, Baltimore, Md., Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Zachary Doughlas, 10, of Damascus, Md., bottom left, watches James McKnight of Fairfax, Va., left, kyack past visitors to Fort McHenry as they wait to see tall ships depart from Baltimore Harbor after celebrating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner as part of a week long international tall ship and naval vessel parade called the Star-Spangled Sailabration, Baltimore, Md., Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
