U.S. Coast Guard Places Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy In Patapsco River

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter William Tate set the historic Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy in the Patapsco River near the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.
The 2022 commissioning of the buoy marks the 42nd spring setting of the star-spangled buoy by a Coast Guard cutter, according to the military service. It became a formal duty for the service in 1980.
It commemorates the citizens and soldiers who endured the siege of Baltimore, Lt. Corey Engle, the comma