This weekend, June 15-17th, 2012, the U.S. Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland is holding a celebration! For what? 2012 is the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812 and the battle fought in Baltimore Harbor was the inspiration for the poem for our National Anthem! June 14th is Flag Day in the U.S. - a day to celebrate the flag- and this weekend's events is a double celebration of the Flag!
As part of the celebrations, they are bringing in a bunch of historic ships and other Navy items. There will also be an Air Show over the harbor and fort featuring the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels!
I think this will be fun! I post more once we head up there!
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I'm back!! We had a great time, although I think this was their first year planning it and it showed a bit. There were signed on the highway to park at the B&T Stadium, but the bus took us to the ships and not the Fort! The ships are great and we would have LOVED to go on them, but our friends were at the fort! Actually, a general (seriously, that's who another sailor said he was!) ended up finding a car and driving us over to the fort... isn't that nice? All of the sailors/staff were SUPER nice and helpful and I think showed a really good example of everything good about the Navy and in general American behavior.
Having said that- I hope next year they figure out more of the logistics regarding getting people to the Fort and also food... The line for food was around 1.5 hours to get anything and they were running out!
They did have live video feeds to the Inner Harbor which was very nice!
So, we meet up with my friends and their kids and ate and got to watch the Air Show! Amazing displays by some of the different divisions and then a display by the Blue Angles! All of the displays are great, but watching the Blue Angles perform is truly a treat. The stunts they do are just amazing to see!
