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Fort McHenry

United States fort in Baltimore, Maryland
Landmark or Historic Building Historic Site Q1438634

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
historic site, star fort[5]
Inception
1776[9]
Country
United States[3]
Official website
www.nps.gov[11]
Location
Baltimore[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 39.263°, -76.580°[10]
Short name
McHenry[18]
Area
+43.26[19]
Continent
North America[4]
Described by source
FortWiki, Starforts, New International Encyclopedia, Topographic Map of Fort McHenry, Maryland (NAID 137930873), Topographic Map of Fort McHenry, Maryland (NAID 137929227)[12][13][14][15][16]
Located in protected area
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine[20]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Baltimore[2]
Named after
James McHenry[7]
Native label
Fort McHenry[17]
Operator
National Park Service[6]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
315529933
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh86001135
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
FtMcHenryEntrance.JPG ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Fort-McHenry
Facebook username
FtMcHenryNPS
Fortalezas.org ID
2262
Freebase ID
/m/01ktx7
GeoNames ID
8629301
Instagram username
fortmchenrynps
J9U entity ID
987007541419705171
LoC HABS/HAER/HALS place ID
md0905
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2535092
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Quora topic ID
Fort-Mchenry
RKD thesaurus ID
96130
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
fort_mchenry
Tripadvisor ID
109069
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10046588
Yale LUX ID
place/88aae3f3-c20d-455a-b422-70f4e46ed7cd

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
New International Encyclopedia, FortWiki, Starforts
Instance of 2
star fort, historic site
Continent 1
North America
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Baltimore
Location 1
Baltimore
Named after 1
James McHenry
Named after 1
USS Fort McHenry
Operator 1
National Park Service
People born here 1
Otho Cushing
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Summary

Fort McHenry is a historic site[1].

Body

Cultural Impact

Things named for Fort McHenry include USS Fort McHenry[21], a dock landing ship[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include USS Fort McHenry[21], a dock landing ship[22].

Related Entities

FortWiki United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Abductive · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → —
    "Changed claim: Coordinate location: 39°15'48"N, 76°34'48"W"
  2. 19w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1776
    Operator → National Park Service
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Baltimore
    Instance of → historic site, star fort
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39448"
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