And we need to try to achieve them. These are the kinds of things that all flowed from that fundamental perception that special, and we need to do everything we can to keep it that way. Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring madison, wisconsin. Our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. Learn more aboutm and other stops on cspans cities tour at cspan. Org local content. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. Week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Baltimores fort mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, withstoodican forces an allnight bombardment by the british navy and turned the tide of the war of 1812. But the ford continue to make history for years playing an Important Role in the history of the civil war, world war i, and beyond. American history explores the history of fort mchenry after starspangled banner. My name is vince v
Rogramming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Cspan s on twitter at history for information on our schedule with the latest history news. Each week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Baltimores fort mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, where American Forces withstood an allnight bombardment by the british navy and turned the tide of the war of 1812. But the fort continue to make history for years playing an Important Role in the history of the civil war, world war i, and beyond. American history explores the history of fort mchenry after starspangled banner. My name is vince vaise. Im chief of interpretation at fort mchenry historic shrine, the birthplace of the starspangled banner. One of the most asked questions are large cannons, the ones that are used to fight off the british in the war of 1812. The answer is no. These guns were manufactured during the American Civil War, 50 years after the war of 1812.
Sites around the country. Baltimores portman can meet is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, where American Forces withstood an allnight bombardment and turned the tide of the war of 1812, but the place continued to make history for years to come, playing an Important Role in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. Next, American History tv explores the history of fort mchenry after the starspangled banner. My name is vince vaise. Im chief of interpretation at fort mchenry historic shrine, the birthplace of the starspangled banner. One of the most asked questions are large cannons, the ones that are used to fight off the british in the war of 1812. The answer is no. These guns were manufactured during the American Civil War, 50 years after the war of 1812. It shows the great layeredness of history that fort mchenry had. Fort mchenrys history begins with the words of francis got key. But the fort has made direct contributions to practically every american war since
Sides of the American Fleet and sink them. When the british come into the bay and this whole thing starts, the british guns can fire a mile and a half, where the american guns are carrying aids for the most part. They can only shoot 500 yards. If the British Royal navy is kept away, if they can sail outside the 5 hundreds yards, they can reduty the flart fleet has confiance comes into the bay, the wind shifts. Now its a westerly wind. In the bay, the winds are fitful. That confiance and needs a strong wind. As she comes into the bay, this is confiance outer anchor. Its shot off the front and sinks into the bay. We found it in 1996, in 40 feet of silt. There she is. Ten feet long, ten feet wide. You can still see the gold paint on the side that says quebec. When that anchor is shot off, and commodore dowdy, the captain of the ship, trying to stay away from the american lines, he cant. Hes drawn directly into the american fear. No matter what he does to try to turn the ship, the wind wil