Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail - Plan Your Visit (U.S. National Park Service)

The Trail traces five major events during the 1814 Chesapeake Campaign that have national significance, physical integrity, and the potential for recreation and/or interpretation. Five trail segments commemorate the advance and withdrawal of the British on the Patuxent; various diversionary feints; the British land march and retreat; the Battle of North Point and defense of Hampstead Hill; and the approach up the Patapsco and defense of Fort McHenry. Other significant events, including the flight of the Madisons into Maryland, rescue of national documents from the White House to northern Virginia, and the American movement from Washington toward Baltimore that occurred along routes with little remaining physical integrity will nonetheless be included in overall interpretation of the Trail.