{"id":553,"date":"2025-05-29T21:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/?p=553"},"modified":"2025-05-29T21:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T01:55:33","slug":"a-great-day-to-see-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/a-great-day-to-see-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"A great day to see Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We started the day by having breakfast at Miss Shirley&#8217;s Cafe.  It&#8217;s an award winning restaurant and has been on quite a few television shows.  I&#8217;ll get my food picture out of the way early today; I got the cinnamon waffles with a cream cheese topping.  I&#8217;m surprised there wasn&#8217;t a coma in my future, ha ha.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-ft-mchenry-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-ft-mchenry-2.jpg 854w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-ft-mchenry-2-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-ft-mchenry-2-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After breakfast we went for a walk and found ourselves at the Baltimore Visitors Center.  We learned that there are free bus services throughout the city.  We take the &#8220;Banner&#8221; line to Fort McHenry on the outskirts of town.  It&#8217;s the only National Park with the designation of a Historic Shrine.  After looking up the definition of shrine, I believe it might be because we herald the &#8220;Star Spangled Banner&#8221; as a national relic.  Fort McHenry has a rich history, worth reviewing online or, even better, in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem-1536x711.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem-1800x834.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-anthem.jpg 1887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-563x1000.jpg 563w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-flag-info-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few interesting facts about our National Anthem and the people who made the song and our flag a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"457\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-1024x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-1024x457.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-1536x685.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-2048x913.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-harriet-tubman-1800x802.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not the first time we&#8217;ve seen the courage and bravery of Harriet Tubman on the Chesapeake.  The picture above describes one, of many, journeys she made to help slaves escape captivity, and in this case reunite a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-pirate-ship.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-pirate-ship.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-pirate-ship-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-pirate-ship-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Doug and Jerome saw this pirate ship go by the marina several times tonight.  Looks like a swashbuckling good time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"869\" src=\"http:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-1024x869.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-768x652.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-1536x1304.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-2048x1739.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lumenita.com\/luckydog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/baltimore-sunset-1178x1000.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to find some supper and hit the sack.  I think we&#8217;re all tired today.  Even though we rode the bus a bit today, I think we still got in over 5 miles today.  It was good to be out in the sun today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started the day by having breakfast at Miss Shirley&#8217;s Cafe. 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