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Defenders Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Maryland It commemorates the successful defense of the city of Baltimore on September 12 1814 from an invading British force during the War of 1812 an event which would lead to the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem of the United States.

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