City of Baltimore - File #: 14-0436

• File #: 14-0436
• Version: 0
• Name: Official City Slogan - "Baltimore - Birthplace of The Star Spangled Banner"
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/8/2014
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/20/2015
• Enactment #: 15-321
• Title: Official City Slogan - "Baltimore - Birthplace of The StarSpangled Banner" FOR the purpose of establishing "Baltimore - Birthplace of The StarSpangled Banner" as the official slogan of the City of Baltimore; and providing for a special effective date.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, President Young, Brandon M. Scott, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Birthplace of Star-Spangled Banner, Offical City Slogan

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/20/2015	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
1/12/2015	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
12/4/2014	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
12/4/2014	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage
11/10/2014	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/11/2014	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/8/2014	0	City Council	Introduced
9/8/2014	0	City Council	Assigned

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Official City Slogan - "Baltimore - Birthplace of The StarSpangled Banner"

FOR the purpose of establishing "Baltimore - Birthplace of The StarSpangled Banner" as the official slogan of the City of Baltimore; and providing for a special effective date.
body

BY recaptioning
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Subtitle 35. City Seal; Flags
to be
Subtitle 35. City Seal; City Slogan; Flags
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

BY adding
Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
Section(s) 35-5
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Recitals

Our national anthem, “The StarSpangled Banner”, is sung and celebrated times too numerous to count daily across the United States, and around the world. Surveys indicate however that only about 20% of Baltimore City residents know that Baltimore is the birthplace of the “The StarSpangled Banner” and that percentage is much lower in Maryland’s Counties, let alone outside the state of Maryland.

The Baltimore City Historical Society, collaborating with the Friends of Ft. McHenry in cooperation with the Baltimore National Heritage Area, has established “The Anthem Project”. After the important commemoration of...