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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic ShrineCannon demonstrations are staged on most summer weekends.
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Curriculum Materials

curriculum materials includes:

Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
 

Curriculum Materials include both a Teacher's Guide with lesson plans, bibliography and teacher evaluation and lesson plans for Grades 4 and 8 written with the Maryland State Department of Education Voluntary State Curriculum standards.

Additional lesson plan sources are provided: The Smithsonian Institution; The Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum; The American Legion; The National Flag Day Foundation; and The Pride of Baltimore II. 
The Wonderful Human Flag  

Did You Know?
On September 12, 1914, the 100th anniversary of the British attack against Fort McHenry, 6500 local school children cloaked in red, white and blue, formed a giant replica of the Flag, which was appropriately named, “The Wonderful Human Flag.”

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Last Updated: August 03, 2006 at 13:48 EST