"The defense of Fort McHenry 1814 (Don Troiani)" Topic

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Tango01	19 Sep 2015 1:05 p.m. PST
Superb! link Main page link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement Armand
79thPA	19 Sep 2015 3:40 p.m. PST
Nice print.
charared	19 Sep 2015 9:15 p.m. PST
"…o'er the ramparts we watched…" Thanks Armand! Charlie
Tango01	20 Sep 2015 3:31 p.m. PST
Glad you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
Brechtel198	21 Sep 2015 4:23 a.m. PST
I've been there a few times and I would encourage anyone who is interested to go and see the fort. It appears that the painting is focused on one of the outworks of the main fort, which has been expertly reconstructed by the National Park Service and is interesting in that it has period artillery emplaced there (replicas) which I believe are fired from time to time. Also the battery has the arms and implements necessary to move, load, and fire the pieces along with period ammunition racks. Interestingly, the garrison pieces were French naval ordnance, an original of which is in the museum on site. Excellent posting Armand.
Garde de Paris	21 Sep 2015 8:47 a.m. PST
What do the uniforms represent? I understood the Army manned the fort, but these look like navy figures, no-tailed jacket, a version of civilian hats of the day. GdeP
Tango01	21 Sep 2015 10:28 a.m. PST
Happy you enjoyed it my friend Kevin!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
Brechtel198	21 Sep 2015 12:12 p.m. PST
The regular American garrison of Fort McHenry was small (under Major Armistead) and was reinforced by Maryland militia artillerymen and undoubtedly sailors from the naval flotilla as well as some of Barney's men who had fought at Bladensburg.

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