For Kids

A ranger talking to children aboard the Pride of Baltimore II

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Junior Ranger Badges

Earn your Star-Spangled Banner Trail Junior Ranger badge! Download the Trail's Activity Booklet (incluyendo una versión en español aquí). Don't forget to use this website for help! Once you completed the activity pages for your age group, send the completed pages and your signed Junior Ranger Pledge to:

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Junior Ranger Program
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
2400 East Fort Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21230-5393

Junior Ranger booklets for several of the Trail's partner sites can be downloaded though the links below:

• Hampton National Historic Site
• President's Park (White House)
• George Washington Memorial Parkway

Also, find additional junior ranger booklets at: https://www.nps.gov/kids/junior-rangers.htm

Other online resources

• Test your flag smarts and singing skills at the Smithsonian! Visit the National Museum of American History's Star-Spangled Banner website.

• "Vote" for or against declaring war on Great Britain in Fort McHenry's interactive game.

• A Sailor's Life for Me! Experience life aboard the USS Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812, in this online game and interactive website from the USS Constitution.