Bombardment of Fort McHenry
![A fort being shelled by ships in the harbor A fort being shelled by ships in the harbor](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/art/travelling-exhibits/the-war-of-1812/1814-in-the-chesapeake/bombardment-of-fort-mchenry/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1597954840861.jpg)
An earthworks fort was first built on the site during the Revolutionary War, but the stone walls that still remain were built between 1798 and 1803 during the Quasi-War with France as one of series of coastal defenses.
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Wars & Conflicts
- War of 1812 1812-1815
Navy Communities
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