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sep 14, 1814 - Following the sack of Washington, U.S. General Samuel Smith turns back a British attack on Fort Henry at Baltimore.

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After the unsuccessful British offensive, Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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sep 14, 1814
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~ 211 years ago