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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;VetStudent, post: 1318838, member: 26037&quot;]I just put a letter in the mail box to the coin committee to voice my opinion. And yes Krispy, it is an opinion and I don&#039;t give a PMD what you think about it. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dear Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee,</p><p><br /></p><p>As a native Marylander, coin enthusiast, and passionate lover of history, I respectfully urge your committee to seek additional submissions for the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarter Design for Fort McHenry. The magnitude of the historical importance and the events that took place at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 is poorly represented by all four of the current candidate designs.</p><p>The significance of the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry is immense. It was September of 1814, and the epic struggle for our nation’s freedom had already been raging for two years. A fleet of British ships had sailed up the Chesapeake Bay after assaulting Washington D.C. via the Potomac River to the south. The defenses of Fort McHenry were strategically positioned on the Patapsco River such that no enemy ships could pass into the harbor of Baltimore without first passing by the fort.</p><p>Five miles before the fort, at North Point, thousands of British troops invaded by land in attempt to march pass the fort to attack Baltimore- one of the nation’s most important port cities at the time. American militiamen repulsed the invading British attack and killed one of their top generals in the process. It was this same general, Robert Ross, whom just three weeks prior had ordered the burning of the White House and Capitol building on the night of August 24, 1814. The fire was so great it could actually be seen from Baltimore.</p><p>After the failed land invasion the British resorted to a naval attack on the fort. For over 24 straight hours the British naval assault rained a firestorm of ordinance upon the fort. Of course, it was in the early morning hours after a long night of bombardment that prominent Maryland citizen, Francis Scott Key, penned The Star-Spangled Banner. Unable to penetrate into the Baltimore harbor, the British left in a major defeat.&nbsp; </p><p>In closing, I would l like to suggest that your committee implore the artists responsible for rendering designs to create more candidate designs. I believe that the best way to immortalize this site on the National Park Quarter series is a side-on view that depicts both the fort (so that you could see the signature architecture, the iconic flag, and some cannons) and the Patapsco River with some British ships at anchor. Utilizing historical paintings and lithographs, such a design could magnificently capture the historical significance of Fort McHenry. Please make this historic coin, historically beautiful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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