[PAR] [TLE] Fort McHenry [SEP] Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from the Chesapeake Bay September 13–14, 1814.  It was first built in 1798 and was used continuously by U.S. armed forces through World War I and by the Coast Guard in World War II.  It was designated a national park in 1925, and in 1939 was redesignated a "National Monument and Historic Shrine". [PAR] [TLE] The Star-Spangled Banner [SEP] "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America.  The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.  Key was inspired by the large American flag, the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the American victory.
[PAR] [TLE] Fort McHenry [ SEP ] Fort McHenry , in Baltimore , Maryland , is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort best known for its role in the War of 1812 , when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from the Chesapeake Bay September 13–14 , 1814 . It was first built in 1798 and was used continuously by U.S. armed forces through World War I and by the Coast Guard in World War II . It was designated a national park in 1925 , and in 1939 was redesignated a " National Monument and Historic Shrine " . [PAR] [TLE] The Star - Spangled Banner [ SEP ] " The Star - Spangled Banner " is the national anthem of the United States of America . The lyrics come from " Defence of Fort M'Henry " , a poem written on September 14 , 1814 , by the 35-year - old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 . Key was inspired by the large American flag , the Star - Spangled Banner , flying triumphantly above the fort during the American victory .
What shape was the bastion fort whose defense inspired the poem that the American national anthem was based on?
What shape was the bastion fort whose defense inspired the poem that the American national anthem was based on ?
pentagonal
pentagonal