Good afternoon, everybody. You can hear me okay . My name is todd sedgwick. Im privileged to be one of the commissioners of the centennial commission, and it is my honor to help organize this symposium. I want to thank all the participants and all of you in the audience for coming, and the thousands who are watching this this afternoon from home as it is being live streamed. Very briefly i would like to introduce the moderator and panelists. On my far right is rob dalessandro, a wellknown author and military historian specializing in the American Expeditionary forces. And has written a couple of books. One is for sale outside. Im going to be a shill for rob and encourage you to buy his book out there. He just came out with a new one called remembering world war i, which is being published by eastern national. It just came out very recently. They are the distributor for the park service. He also is acting secretary of the American Battle monument commission, and most important to me, he
The fort during the war of 1812. The raising of the garrison flag over the fort on the morning after inspired Francis Scott key to write the words that became our National Anthem. Welcome to fort mchenry, the birthplace of the star spangled banner. At night time, we fly a small modern flag. During the day, a 15star, 15stripe flag, the same style that inspired Francis Scott key. He saw that flag at a time where american morale was really low. A turning point in the war of 1812. A lot of americans do not know much about the war of 1812. Lets explore why it was important for Francis Scott key to have seen that flag and how that inspired him to write those words that became our National Anthem. Were now here on the gun deck of fort mchenry. We also call it the water battery. As would have been the main line of defense against the british ships. The war of 1812 was one of americas most unpopular wars. That is because the causes were complex. On the one said, you could say the United States
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