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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
James McHenry
James McHenry

James McHenry

A soldier, physician, and politician who was one ot several foreign-born signers of the Constitution, McHenry served as a surgeon and as an aide to Washington and Lafayette during the War for Independence; sat in the Maryland legislature and the Continental Congress; and held the position of Secretary of War in the Washington and John Adams administrations. Baltimore's Fort McHenry was named after him.

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James McHenry, Soldier-Statesman

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