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OUT M'HENUY will be restored
tind preserved 11s 11 nntloniil
park and perpctunl national
memorial shrine us the birth
plnce of "Tho Stnr-Spunplcd
Unnner." written by Francis
Scott Key If n bill (S. .".310)
Introduced by Senator France
of Mnrylnnd joes through con
gross.
An net wns pnssed In 1014
which grunted tho use of the
Fort McNonry Military reservation to the city of
IUiltlmore for park purposes. Tho new bill
iiuinnds the 1014 net so as to rend, In part:
"Tho secretnry of war is hereby authorized nnd
directed, so soon as It may no longer bo needed
for uses nnd needs growing out of the recent war,
to begin the restoration of Fort McIIcnry, In tho
fctnto of Maryland, now occupied and used as n
military reservation, including tho restoration of
the old Fort Mcllery proper to tho condition In
which It wns on tho 1st of September, 1814, nnd
to place the whole of said nillltnry reservation In
such n condition as would nialco It suitable for
preservation permanently ns n national pnrk and
perpctunl 'nntlonnl memorial shrine ns tho birth
place of the Immortal 'Stnr-Spnngled Bnnner,
written by Francis Scott Key; nnd that tho sec
retnry of war be, nnd be Is hereby further author
ized nnd directed, ns arc bis successors, to bold
the snld Fort McIIcnry In perpetuity hb a mill
tnry reservntlon, nntlonnl pnrk nnd memorinl, nnd
to nmlntnln It as such . . . the snlil reserva
tion to bo maintained ns n national-public pnrk,
ul)Ject to such regulations ns mny from time to
time bo Issued by the secretary of wnr: Provided,
That the citizens of Baltimore city nnd of the
f,tate of Mnrylnnd shall be given as freo nnd full
access to nnd use of Bald nntlonnl pnrk ns they
would enjoy If this were n pnrt of tho pnrk system
of Bnltlmoro city."
Provision Is mndo for restoration nnd Improve
nonts under npprovnl of tho secretary of wnr nnd
lit tho expense of the United States. Tho sum of
$100,000 Is npproprlnted for the work and $10,000
Annually for mnlntennnce.
Nothing Is snld In the bill nbout n museum of
Appropriate relics. Nevertheless, If Fort McIIcnry
Is to bo restored nnd preserved ns n "perpetunl
nntlonnl memorinl shrine ns tho birthplace of the
Immortal "Stnr-Spangled Banner," It would seem
tlmt the Flng which Inspired tho nntlonnl hymn
Bhoulil ho n fenture of tho shrine.
For tho original Stnr-Spnngled Bnnner the nc
tunl piece of red, white nnd blue bunting that Key
wus so anxiouH to see "by the dawn's enrly light,"
Is still In existence. It Is prolmbly tho most Inter
esting bit of bunting In tho world to good Ameri
cans. It is in tho National museum In Washing
ton nnd thousands go to sco It every yenr.
This snered relic Is now more thnn ono hundred
years old nnd looks Its age. It has, however, been
mounted on net' and has been carefully mended.
With pood enre It should last n long time.
As every good American knows or should
know the Flag now consists of thirteen alternate
red and white stripes, representing tho thirteen
original states, nnd n bluo field on which are
forty-eight white stnrs, arranged In els rows of
eight stnrs each, representing tho forty-eight
states now constituting the Union. Tho forty
Boventh nnd forty-eighth stars were added In 1012
when New Mexico nnd Arlzonn were admitted.
Tho original Flag wns adopted by congress Juno
34, 1777 that's why June 14 Is observed ns Flag
Day. It hnd thirteen stripes nnd thirteen stars.
It was the plan In the enrly days to ndd both a
tnr nnd a stripe to tho Flag for each new state.
But It was soon seen by 1812 there were Ave new
fitntes tlmt while a star could easily be added,
additional stripes wero out of the question. Tho
addition In 1791 of two stripes for Vermont (1701)
nnd Kentucky (1702) destroyed tho proportions
of tho Flug. So there wero never more thnn fif
teen stripes nnd tho fifteen wero ofllclally reduced
to the orlglnnl thirteen In 1818.
It's of Interest to noto thnt the Fort McIIenry
Flag hns but fifteen stars, though In 1814 there
wero eighteen stutes, Tenncsseo (1700), Ohio
(1S02) nnd Louisiana (1812) having been ndmlt
led. But fifteen It has lft six nltcrnnto rows of
three and two stnrs, beginning nt tho edge of the
field next the stnlT. The explanation Is thnt no
olllclnl chirngo wtis mnde In the Flag between 1701
and 1818. Tho Flag In 1818 was given twenty
stars, Indiana and Mississippi having been 'admit
ted, nnd thirteen stripes.
Did you know tlnt by correct usage the Flng
In tlmo of pence Is not permitted to flont nil night,
except at the gYayo of Francis Scott Key?
Senator France, In Introducing tho Fort Mc
IIenry bill, put Into the Congressional Record tho
contents of n booklet prcpnred by himself nnd
other patriotic citizens. This booklet contnlns,
among other things, tho following Interesting
mutter:
Tho 1st of September, 1814, snw tho city of
Washington burned, tho handful of Amerlcnn wnr
Bhlps driven to port by force of superior numbers,
tho Atlantic const from Malno to Louisiana open
'to nttuck, nnd tho fate of tho Union In tho balance,
'It wns then thnt Fort McIIenry stood firm against
the Invader, redeemed our eastern seaboard, and
delivered tho federal government from serious
-disaster or utter ruin.
In the two nnd n half years of wnr preceding
the defense of Fort McIIenry, scores of the fastest
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sailing vessels afloat hnd set forth from beside
Its parapets. Eluding the frlgntes that once Im
pressed American seamen, these light-armed clip
per ships pursued and captured enemy merchant
men by the hundred, prisoners by the thousands,
nnd booty thnt ran Into millions.
To the enemy the waters of the Chesnpeako
hnd now become little better than n "nest of pri
vateers nnd pirates." It wns clear to them that
tho Chesapeake must be rid of these pests, the
federal enpitnl enptured, nnd Baltimore forced to
pay for damage done and bo mndo tho point of
n wedge to drive the North nnd South npnrt. Then
Fredericksburg nnd Richmond could bo threntened
or enptured on tho Bouth, Philadelphia und New
York on the north.
The British wero driving south from Canada
nnd wore at Plattsburg. They proposed to sweep
down nnd make n Junction with the 0,000 troops
qunrtered on tho fleet In the Chesapeake. Then
f by uniting their forces from Lake Chnmplnln and
tho Chesapeake nnd having neutralized New Eng
land, they would coerce and subjugnte America
once nznln.
Washington hnd fnllcn enslly, a body of our reg
ulars nnd militia had been defeated at Bladens
burg, and tho Chesapeake coast lino wns nt the
mercy of tho "redcoats" all hut thnt section pro
tected by tho guns of Fort McIIenry and troops
gntbered In the vicinity. To bo pitted against our
soldiers wero continental veterans fresh from
their victories on the continent of Europe. In.the
Chesnpeako wero not only Wellington's Invlnclbles
but Nelson's mnrlnes, distinguished at Trafalgar
und the battle of the Nile.
The Invading fleet numbered some fifty sail
a lnrgo proportion of them clnssed ns'men-of-wnr
nnd frlgntes of the line. Against this armada
with Its troop transports, America could oppose
nothing ntloat.
Tho hope of the Middle Atlantic seaboard nnd
perhnps tho Union Itself lay In tho city of Balti
more, and tho hope of Bnltlmoro lny In tho gnrrl
son nnd guns of Fort McIIenry and such un
trained troops as could be mustered for other land
defenses.
No wonder thnt Cen. Sir Robert Ross, who com
manded the British troops, declared that ho
would "eat his supper In Baltimore" subsequent
to his first dny on land. Nothing seemed to him
more certain even If, ns ho snld, "It rnlns mllltln."
Baltimore was picked to be his winter headquar
ters and a logical base for further operations
north, south or west.
Early on Sunday morning, September 11, the
alarm was sounded through the streets of Balti
more. The British fleet hnd entered the Patapsco
river. The cannon boomed on tho courthouse
pluzn, summoning the mllltln to arms.
The defensive force and equipment of Fort Mc
IIcnry wero supplied largely by the citizens of the
beleaguered port. Regardless of a blazing sun,
men and women tolled with pick and shovel to
throw up breastworks-ut every approach to the
city and Its chief reliance, Fort McIIenry. MaJ.
Oen. Samuel Smith wns In command of tho ml
lltln, nnd under him wns Brigadier General
Strieker. Sailors, lacking bhlps to go to sea, were
converted Into land forces under tho brilliant Com
modore John Rogers.
Before dawn hnd streaked the sky on the 12th
of September the British were astir, nnd boat after
boat carried men and nrms to North Point, where
now stands Fort Howard. -General Ross, who had
won his laurels In Holland, Egypt and tho penin
sula, took commnnd. At bis side wns Renr Ad
miral Cockburn, who was hated for his plundering
of defenseless villages. Admiral Sir Alexander
Cochrane, successor of Admiral Warren ns com
mander In chief of tho British forces In America,
remained on his flagship nnd In perhon supervised
tho plans for tho attack by wntcr.
The Amerlcnn commanders sent forward out
posts to engago tho British, and scarcely were
the latter assembled on shore when General Ross
fell. Tradition hoaWt that two youths, perched In
a tree, shot him when ho passed within range of
their rifles. As ho wns cnrrled to tho rear, he de
manded that ho bo covered, for fenr tho knowledge
of his fall would reach his men nnd dismay
them. Shortly after giving those directions he
lost consciousness, und died in tho nrms of his
aid, Sir Duncan McDougall.
Tho encounter at North Point was that phaso of
tho engagements which In their entirety might bo
culled tho Battle of Bultlmore, the attack upon
Fort McIIenry being tho crucial or decisive ac
tion. Tho first encounter, wholly on lnnd, wns on
the nfternoon of the 12th. Tho British stormed
tho American enrthworks, but were checked by 11
flro of shot, slugs, scrap Iron and nulls. The lines
of both n miles swayed back and forth, with vic
tory smiling first on one side nnd then on tho
other. The British lost 000 tlmt day, the Ameri
cans l.r0.
At dusk n great storm broko nnd the fighting
halted. At daybreak the rain ceased nnd tho bat
tle began anew, the British commander, Brooke,
who hud succeeded Ross, ordering his men for
ward to avenge the setbacks of the day before.
The fleet was all commotion, for an ofllcer from
Colonel Brooke's staff had urgently requested Ad
miral Cochrane to open tho bombardment of Fort
McIIenry, which, If successful, would seal tho fato
of the city. Soon tho ships weighed anchor nnd
sailing up the Patnpsco, got Into battle formation
2V6 miles oft tho fort. Tho docks wero stripped,
tho bomb nnd rocket vessels opened their lire, nnd
10 ships hurled bombs, rockets and solid shot into
the ramparts. The gnrrlson of the fort 1,000 vol
unteers and regulars was under Col. George
Armlstead. Armlstcnd unmasked his batteries nnd
directed u brisk fire, but tho range of his guns nnd
mortars fell short of the ships. This was disheart
ening, nnd his nnxiety was not lessened when n
24-pouuder In the southenst bastion wns demol
ished by an exploding bomb, mortally wounding an
olllccr nnd several of the cannoneers.
Observing tho confusion In tho fort, Admiral
Cochrane signaled three of his bomb vessels, nnd
they moved closer to tho ramparts to hasten .tho
victory. Armlstead seized his opportunity, nnd or
dered a well-directed fire, nnd his wide-mouthed
cannon wrought hnvoc on the decks of tho three,
one of them, the Erebus, being disabled.
in the shadow of the British fleet that day and
night rode the American vessel Mlndcn, flying u
flng of truce, nnd used by American agents In tho
exchange of prisoners. While tho bombnrdment
raged, none watched with more nnxiety thnn Fran
cis Scott Key. He hnd gone to the British fleet
In tho Potomnc to seek the release of an old friend,
Dr. William Bennes, n physician seized on charges
of tnklng up arms against British btragglers. Key
obtained his release, but on the eve of the opera
tions both were transferred to tho Mlnden, which
wns detained under n guard of marines until tho
British plane should be curried out.
From the decks of tho cartel ship Key and his
companions wutched every belch of the cannon.
Midnight came nnd l.SflO men, equipped with
scaling bidders, dropped from the fleet Into barges,
with the Intention of surprising from the reur.
How tho hearts of tho pntrlots beat ns, helpless
to give tho alarm, they saw this strategy under
way with every prospect of success. In attempt
ing to effect n landing, however, tho expeditionary
force struck lights nnd theso lights cost It n pos
sible victory. Tho defenders promptly set flro to
a huystack and, ns Its glow revealed the barges,
Fort McIIenry nnd the redoubts shook with tho
salvos of the guns. Tho six-gun buttery under
Sailing Muster Webster, which tho British had
planned to take by storm, wns served thnt mid
night coolly nnd quickly by 11 little group of enn
noneers, whose vulor wus sustnlned by the thought
of home nnd country, nnd to whom Colonel Arml
steud ufterward snld ho wns "persuaded the coun
try was much Indebted for tho final repulse of the
enemy." Many of tho landing party wero killed
and others wounded; two bents wero sunk nnd
the survivors made bnck to the fleet. Tho de
fenders lost 4 killed nnd 24 wounded. Tho inns
tor stroke hud been delivered and had fulled;
1.S00 shells had been thrown Into tho fortflcutlons,
but no white flng flew from the great staff.
Sunset hnd cast a leaden gloom upon tho spirits
of the defenders, but duwn found their hopes high
and the Invader beaten off. That night, with tho
fate of tho city and perhaps tho existence- of tho
Union hanging by a thrcud,(Koy paced the deck of
the Mlnden, nnd each shell that sped screaming
from the ships wus a stub at his heart, a chal
lenge to all ho held dear. When tho first blush of
morning tinged tho hky Key gazed toward the bnt
tloments and with straining eyes behold the Stars
nnd Stripes, scarred, but still defiantly Hunting.
Tho cnnnonudlng hnd ceased ; tho troops, many of
them wounded, hnd been conovoyed to the ships
nnd tho fleet was setting Its bnllo. The Joy of Key
wus unrestrained, nnd from his soul there eumo
"tho Stnr-Spungled Biinner."
Papal Robes.
During the election of n now popo
it Is customary to preparo In ad
vance three sets of white- papal robes
of different sizes, ns no ono can tell
which of the candidates for papnl
honors will bo chosen. On Septem
ber 0, 101 J, when Benedict XV en
tered tho Slstlne chapel arrayed In
the papal robes of tho smallest size,
It was found that oven thoso wero
fur too lurge. The robes must bo In
reiluess, us the popo on his election
Is lmmedtutuly chid In his vestments
nnd receives the homngo of tho as
sembled cardinals. It Is not unusunl
for both the robes und tho Fisher
man's ring the symbol of papal au
thority to huvo to undergo altera
tion to (It the new pope.
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"I presume you nre very particular
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about n very unattractive llttlo girl,
said, "Oh, I think Mury Is bo pretty."
But Billy aulckly replied, "You don't
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way."
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