Quick Trip to Fort McHenry

Hello World,
Marcus and I braved the temperatures one fine day in December to visit Fort McHenry in Baltimore. Even though we both have lived in Maryland for all of our lives we found out that we have never visited this historic location. I was coming from Howard County and Marcus was coming from Hartford county so it really should have only taken us a max of 20 minutes to get there but that was not to be the case. Believe it or not I went thru the Fort McHenry tunnel three times before I figured out where the location is. For some reason I thought that the GPS directions from my trusty phone that has never let me down before was incorrect on this day. Only to find out later that she knew exactly what she was doing and apparently I did not. Marcus on the other hand was equally as lost but avoided the whole Fort McHenry toll debacle by just parking his car and trying to summon the force to guide him.

Fort McHenry sits on a peninsula and it was designed to block the British Naval Advance on Baltimore, Maryland. The fort was originally built in 1776 out of fear that the British would attack. But the attack did not come until the war of 1812 and the fort was attacked 2 years later. The defense of the fort was led by Major George Armistad. The defense of this fort during the battle of Baltimore in the fall of 1814 inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner”. Fort McHenry was actually much larger than it is today in fact the majority of the peninsula where there are now homes and businesses used to be a part of the fort. In 1917 the fort was named General Hospital 2, the largest military hospital in the country with over 100 buildings which were used to help returning World War One Victims.

We plan on taking another trip back when it is a tad bit warmer so we can photograph what we missed.

Cannons

Statue of Orpheus the Greek mythological hero of music and poetry

The flag perched on top of the fortress.

Statue of Major George Armistad

View from the grounds of Fort McHenry.

18 thoughts on “Quick Trip to Fort McHenry”

learningandgrowing02 on January 28, 2012 at 3:21 pm said:

wow, your photos are amazing!!!!
i love the very last one, it brings such amazment to me!!!!!!
i would love to see more from you and i am!!!!!
very good blog, and thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

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learningandgrowing02 on January 28, 2012 at 4:19 pm said:

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wow, your photos are amazing!!!!
i love the very last one, it brings such amazment to me!!!!!!
i would love to see more from you and i am!!!!!
very good blog, and thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

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Mona on January 30, 2012 at 3:21 am said:

Such POWER in your images! I wish I could spend a week with you and have you teach me everything you know and show me how you do it.

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- mdphotographers on January 30, 2012 at 4:53 am said:
  
  Thank you for your kind words Mona. I am still learning myself . By the way I too have only had the 50mm prime lens for a short while and I love it!!!
  
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Dimitris Baltzis on January 30, 2012 at 1:05 pm said:

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Grεεtings from Grεεcε!!! 🙂

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pearlsandprose on January 30, 2012 at 2:14 pm said:

Lovely shots. I’m determined to see Ft. McHenry one of these days.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. 🙂

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dhphotosite on January 30, 2012 at 3:29 pm said:

Super photos and thanks for sharing. We must have been past that site 100 times and have never stopped. It is now on the list of things to do!

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Pierre on January 30, 2012 at 9:18 pm said:

Hey guys, thanks for stopping by my blog, it gave me the occasion of discovering yours, and I like what I’m seeing! Love the b&w barrel in particular, the texture. Great pictures! Keep on shooting!

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pstpierre on January 31, 2012 at 5:07 pm said:

Very nice photos. We actually did vist Fort McHenry. Good capture.

You might want to check out my photo of The Angel of Marye’s Heights ( Battle of Fredericksburg) posted in http://www.southernwomensreview Volume 2 issue 2 on page 89.

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- mdphotographers on February 1, 2012 at 3:51 am said:
  
  Thank you. I will check out your picture tonight! I am hoping to get up to Gettysburg and Antietam this spring..
  
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- mdphotographers on February 1, 2012 at 4:01 am said:
  
  I really do like your picture! The image itself has a lot to say. Is the battlefield close to Kings Dominion? Or am I thinking of another Fredericksburg in VA?
  
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David Halliday on February 1, 2012 at 1:44 am said:

It looks cold…

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- mdphotographers on February 1, 2012 at 6:17 pm said:
  
  Trust us it was. The wind was blowing at roughly 20 to 30mph so we had to pull out the Tripods after awhile to avoid camera shake. There is a lot that we did not get to shoot just because of the 30 degree temps plus the wind coming off of the water made things slightly unbearable. We do intend to revisit this location hopefully in the spring or summer.
  
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Violet Veil Photography, Co. on February 1, 2012 at 8:02 pm said:

very cool shots! love the rustic ones, too. thank you for the visit! 🙂

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Bill on February 11, 2012 at 10:10 pm said:

I particularly like the clarity of the black & white canons. Great stuff!

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- mdphotographers on February 13, 2012 at 12:20 pm said:
  
  Thanks a lot! When Marcus uploaded the image for the blog post I was a little envious. Lol.
  
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dnodet on February 29, 2012 at 4:49 pm said:

Great photos. I liked how you captured all different angles of the canons.

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- mdphotographers on February 29, 2012 at 8:51 pm said:
  
  Thank you for the compliment. We can’t wait to go back when it is a little warmer. There was a lot more to see..
  
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