Battle of Baltimore, Fort McHenry

Battle of Baltimore, Fort McHenry

(new drawing)

The Battle of Baltimore included the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the a huge fleet of the British Royal Navy.   The bombardment went all night but the Americans did not surrender.  Francis Scott Key, an American Lawyer (Francis Scott Key) had gone on board the british flagship to plead the case for an American doctor who had been taken prisoner.  The doctor had taken care of British wounded along with the American wounded men.  Mr. Key had brought along letters from wounded British sodiers testifying to the fact that Dr. Beans had treated them.  So the British Admiral had kindly granted that Dr. Beans would be released, but not until the British Navy completed their attack on Fort McHenry.  

After a harrowing night on board the British ship, watching the bombardment, Key strained to see if the fort had surrendered.  In the morning, when Francis Scott Key saw that the American flag still flew over the fort, he wrote the words to a poem called The Defense of Fort McHenry.  That poem would be put to music and become The Star Spangled Banner. . . the National Anthem of the United States of America.  So Happy Independence Day (in four days) to any of you who are from the United States!  

Star Spangled Banner inspiration

(Francis Scott Key spies the Star Spangled Banner still flying over Fort McHenry)

NOTE:  The top picture is a drawing of a portion of Fort McHenry during the bombardment.  There were 1,000 American soldiers defending the fort.  This drawing was not done with any models so honestly, it is not my best work, but it is what it is.  I wanted to make a drawing for the Fourth of July.  The 4th of July is Independence Day in the United States of America.  I will also admit that the flag was much larger than in the above drawing.  I have seen it at the Smithsonian in Washington 

DC.  The drawings in Printable Form can be found by clicking on the buttons up top that are labeled  . . . . . . . All Printables . . . . . or . . . . Holidays.   New drawings are at the bottom of the lists. 

This second drawing is not a new drawing so it will be located further up the correct list.

Operating Room

On a personal note:  I will be having my tracheal stent replaced on Tuesday so if you are a Believer in God, please pray for me.  We are scheduled to leave soon for our Australian Outback trip and we don't want anything going wrong in the surgery to block our trip.  I will be doing a post of a few more drawings of Australian animals before we go.