Jun 13, 2012

Interest in re-creating battle scenes and collecting relics of war is nothing new. But with today’s Star-Spangled Sailabration in Baltimore’s waters, what better time to revisit the important connection Maryland has with the War of 1812.

: June 9, 2012: Romaine Somerville, Governor Martin O’Malley, Nita Schultz and Stiles Colwill mingle at the Maryland Historical Society’s War of 1812 Bicentennial Gala. (Karen Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

: June 9, 2012: Alex Beiter, Chandler Denison and Kellie Saunders attend the Maryland Historical Society’s War of 1812 Bicentennial Gala. (Karen Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

: June 8, 2012: Fort McHenry Park Rangers Tim Ertel (L) and Tyler Mink (R), dressed in replica 1812 soldier uniforms, are pictured onboard the Coast Guard cutter James Rankin before the red, white and blue bouy, background, is set into the harbor to mark the spot where Francis Scott Key penned the poem that eventually became the National Anthem. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: June 8, 2012: Coast Guard crew onboard the cutter James Rankin salute as Fort McHenry Park Rangers, dressed as 1812 reenactors, fire a two gun salute after the setting of a red, white and blue bouy into the harbor to mark the spot where Francis Scott Key penned the poem that eventually became the National Anthem. The Coast Guard set the first marker in 1914 and every year since 1973. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

: June 5, 2012: The Fort McHenry Guard, L-R Tim Ertel, Vince Vaise and Jim Bailey help kick off the Star-Spangled Sailabration. Events included the presentation of colors by Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, the singing of the national anthem by MU1 Jack Sigmon from the US Navy, presentation of the flags from visiting countries and daytime pyrotechnics. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1, 2012: Maryland Historical Society mounts the largest display of War of 1812 related artifacts, including the Francis Scott Key’s anthem manuscript, bottom, and the painting of the bombardment of Fort McHenry September 13-14, 1814 by Alfred J. Miller, top, to coincide with the launch of the city’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1, 2012: The Maryland Historical Society mounts the largest display of War of 1812 related artifacts, including the Francis Scott Key’s anthem manuscript, to coincide with the launch of the city’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. Pictured are Naval cutlasses, ca. 1812, and a drawing of their exhibition display. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1, 2012: Pictured is a painting of Rosalie Stier Calvert with Child, ca. 1812, who witnessed the Battle of Bladensburg from Plantation “Riversdale” near Washington D.C. The Maryland Historical Society mounts the largest display of War of 1812 related artifacts, including the Francis Scott Key’s anthem manuscript, to coincide with the launch of the city’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1, 2012: Pictured is the unique Etting Cup, ca. 1816, a signed tin reunion cup. The Maryland Historical Society mounts the largest display of War of 1812 related artifacts, including the Francis Scott Key’s anthem manuscript, to coincide with the launch of the city’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1, 2012: Pictured is a portion of a painting of the Battle of North Point 1814 by Maryland militiaman Thomas Ruckle. The Maryland Historical Society is mounting the largest display of War of 1812 related artifacts, including the Francis Scott Key’s anthem manuscript, to coincide with the launch of the city’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: June 1, 2012: Maryland Historical Society mounts the largest display of War of 1812 related artifacts, including the Francis Scott Key’s anthem manuscript, pictured, to coincide with the launch of the city’s War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: May 22, 2012: (2nd L- R) Canadian Equerry, General Walter Natynczyk, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay participate in the 1812 presentation of a commemorative medal and banner for the 1812 Commemorative Military Muster hosted by the Government of Canada at Fort York Armoury, as part of the Royal visit to Canada to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in Toronto, Canada. (Jag Gundu/Getty Images)

: May 16, 2012: Puffy clouds drift above Serenity Farm, near the Patuxent River, where once British troops gathered during the War of 1812. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: May 16, 2012: Artifacts, including broken pottery, ceramics, and bottles, were discovered at Serenity Farm near the Patuxent River, in Benedict, Maryland, where once British troops gathered during the War of 1812. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: May 16, 2012: A recycled pine beam that once was part of a barn built in the 1700’s, which withstood the War of 1812, is now used as part of the structure of the store at Serenity Farm, near the Patuxent River, where once British troops gathered during the War of 1812. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: May 5, 2012: Members of the Baltimore United Volunteers and other re-enacters perform marching drills for the crowd gathered on the grounds of the Lock Houe Museum in Havre de Grace for a War of 1812 re-enactment. (Matt Button/Aegis)

: May 5, 2012: The Lock House Museum took guests back in time as re-enactors on both American and British sides conducted demonstrations, exhibitions and drills. (Matt Button/Aegis)

: May 5, 2012: Re-enacters take a break after their firing drills for the crowd during a War of 1812 re-enactment at the Lock House Museum in Havre de Grace. (Matt Button/Aegis)

: May 5, 2012: Wyatt Whitin admires the Amussette, or Wall gun during his visit to a War of 1812 re-enactment at the Lock House Museum in Havre de Grace. (Matt Button/Aegis)

: April 21, 2012: Sophomore actors from Baltimore School for the Arts, left to right Lance Strickland, 16, ‘Stephen Locke;’ Avon Houghton, 15, ‘Philip York;’ T’Pre Mayer, 16, ‘Rebecca Rodgers’ and Victor Parker, 15, ‘George Smith’ enjoy a light moment before their production begins at Fort McHenry. As part of the bicentennial celebration of the War of 1812 , they presented ‘Fighting for Freedom,’ three situations written by students and faculty, that ordinary residents may have experienced. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: March 11, 2012: Musica Antiqua Quartet performed War of 1812 music with period instruments and costumes, at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson. Selections included ‘Mrs. Madison’s Minuet,’ ‘The Constellation Cotillion,’ the first edition of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ militia tunes, theater pieces, patriotic marches, dance tunes, broadsides and vocal selections.

: March 10, 2012: Re-enactor Ed Seufert, dressed as a early 1800’s British Royal Marine, points out the advancement of troop positions during the Battle of North Point on a map. Girl scouts from Catonsville, Arbutus, and Elkridge gathered at Catonsville United Methodist Church and participated in a day of learning about the War of 1812. (Nate Pesce/Patuxent Publishing)

: March 5, 2012: At Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, a ceremony was held to kick off the sale of two commemorative coins which will help fund the Bicentennial Celebration of the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner. At the podium is Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger who, along with Sen. Ben Cardin, sponsored legislation to create the coins. Seated behind the Congressman is Governor Martin O’Malley. In the foreground left is a very large model of the gold coin. The U.S. Mint will sell 100,000 gold coins and 500,000 silver coins. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: November 11, 2011: Rangers Jim Bailey (L), dressed as a Union Civil War soldier, and Tim Ertel (C), wearing the uniform of a WWI corpsman, talk as Mark Smith (R), a volunteer representing soldiers in the War of 1812 stands by. They are participants in living history for the Veteran’s Day weekend at Ft. McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: October 5, 2011: Director Larry Hott on the set of ‘The War of 1812.’ (Baltimore Sun)

: September 26, 2011: Members of the Fort McHenry Guard, including Tim Ertel (L) and Chris Oler (R), led Maryland’s governor, Baltimore’s mayor and others along Harbor East to the premiere of the movie, ‘The War of 1812.’ (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

: September 10, 2011: Jodi Aryee, 7, of Baltimore helps hold the gathered replica Star-Spangled Banner Flag as visitors participate in the flag lowering ceremony during the annual Defender’s Day celebration at Fort McHenry. (Baltimore Sun)

: September 9, 2011: Volunteer re-enactor Alisa Beverley of Fells Point cooks a chicken the way women did around 1812 while dressed in period clothing at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. (Steve Ruark/Baltimore Sun)

: September 9, 2011: Carrots sit near a lantern as re-enactors prepare dinner the way women did around 1812 at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. (Steve Ruark/Baltimore Sun)

: September 9, 2011: Ranger and re-enactor Genna White of Upper Marlboro lets students from Church Creek Middle School smell dried pork like that eaten around 1812 at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. (Steve Ruark/Baltimore Sun)

: June 14, 2011: Natasha Fowlkes, an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women, is a line supervisor in the Maryland Correctional Enterprises sew plant, where they produce U.S., Maryland and War of 1812 flags. Fowlkes is smoothing out a flag to fold after inspecting it. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: September 10, 2010: Aaron Bradford of Sutherland, VA, leads 7th grade students from Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School in the musket drill. Bradford is dressed in the uniform of a 3rd Regiment US Corps of Artillery soldier. The uniform would have been used late in the War of 1812. Nearly 1,400 state school children took part in Young Defenders Day at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: August 7, 2010: Kate Morrand, conservator for the Naval History and Heritage Command, holds a piece of charred timber believed to have come from the Scorpion, a warship from the War of 1812. Archaeologists believe they have recovered parts of the Scorpion, a block sloop in the command of Joshua Barney, that was scuttled and burned as the British approached during the War of 1812. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: June 14, 2009: With the help of students from Pascagoula HIgh School in Pascagoula, Mississippi, park rangers at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine unfurled a replica of the flag flown at the fort during the war of 1812. The 30 ft. by 42 ft. replica is made of nylon; the original was made of wool. In celebration of Flag Day, a flag program presented by The American Flag Foundation, Inc. was held in the evening at Fort McHenry for the 30th Annual National Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: June 14, 2009: Park Ranger Jim Bailey, dressed as an officer of the War of 1812, salutes a replica of the flag flown during the War of 1812 at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine after speaking to a group of visitors on Flag Day. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: May 22, 2009: Members of the ‘Baltimore United Volunteers’ (back to front) Capt. James Dugent (Baltimore) Jennifer Dugent (Arlington Va.) and Vernon Tudor (Dundalk) present the battle flag of their unit from the War of 1812. In 2009, Towson had a dedication of the courthouse plaza and renamed it “Patriot Plaza” to honor all those who have served in the military. (Brendan Cavanaugh/P3 Imaging Inc.)

: April 27, 2009: Firetrucks support a large American flag at the groundbreaking for new visitor’s center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. Today, more than 600,000 visitors come to Ft. McHenry each year. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun)

: August 26, 2007: Canons fire during the ‘1812 Overture’ during the summer concert by the United States Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus on Devers Lawn at Fort Meade. (Annie Agnone/Patuxent Publishing)

: September 3, 2006: As part of the Defenders’ Day celebration, re-enactors will stage a re-enactment of the 1814 Battle of North Point where American troops slowed the advance of about 5000 British troops, which three weeks before had burned Washington. Jean Chriest (cq), of Dundalk, who is dressed in period clothing of a lady in the 1800s, watches the re-enactors, foreground, assemble for the flag ceremony. Chriest’s husband is an re-enactor with Aisquith’s Sharp Shooters 1812 Rifle Company. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

: August 31, 2006: Visitors to The National Museum of American History got a glimpse of the cleaned Star Spangled Banner, housed in the glass enclosed room, that flew over Ft. McHenry during the War of 1812. (Doug Kapustin/Baltimore Sun)

: September 7, 2004: C.J. Burton and Joe Marcellino hang an 1800 replica of the American flag on the Senator Theatre in preparation for the premiere of the History Channel and Comcast movie, ‘First Invasion, War of 1812.’ Mayor Martin O’Malley, who appears in the movie, will be honored with an award at Ryan’s Daughter prior to the premiere. (Karen Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

: September 7, 2004: The History Channel’s documentary, ‘First Invasion: The War of 1812’ premiered at the Senator Theater in 2004. Mayor Martin O’Malley (R) marched with reenactors from a reception hosted by the Patriots of Fort McHenry at Ryan’s Daughter, to the Senator Theatre for the movie. (Gene Sweeney Jr/ Baltimore Sun)

: August 26, 2004: (L-R) Vince Vaise, a Park Service Ranger at Ft. McHenry, gets assistance with his uniform from Josh Hart, Silver Spring. Vaise is the captain of the Ft. McHenry Guard Program. He and a band of volunteers dressed in 1812-era uniforms and interpret history surrounding the Battle of Baltimore for visitors to the fort. Hart is a corporal in the unit. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: May 3, 2003: The Susquehanna Museum in Havre de Grace held its main event, a re-enactment of the 1813’s British attack on the town during the War of 1812. Rachel Miller, 7 months, waits for her mom Kelly Miller to feed her. Kelly married a man who re-enacts, and now she and their daughter are in re-enactments as well. (Chiaki Kawajiri/Baltimore Sun)

: September 8, 2000: To commemorate the defense of Baltimore at Fort McHenry, in late August and September, 1814, Baltimore Fencibles fire their muskets, in salute of the passing Constellation. It was the tradition for warships leaving and entering the harbor to fire their cannon, with artillery fire returned from the fort. The men representing the Fencibles, an independent company of artillerists called upon to defend the fort, are, L to R: Ed Cannon, Jim Kobe, Monty Phair, and Chuck Ruth. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

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Ships begin to arrive for Sailabration
Candus Thomson / The Baltimore Sun

A welcoming wind and warm sunshine greeted the first ships arriving at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor this morning for the weeklong commemoration of the War of 1812.

The Canadian vessel Iroquois was first under the Key Bridge and offered a 21-gun Sailabration salute as spectators at Fort McHenry applauded. The fort’s cannon crew responded with its own salute.

The 40 vessels from a dozen nations will be berthed at the Inner Harbor, Fells Point and North Locust Point. Most will be open to the public.

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