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CSPAN3 American Artifacts August 30, 2014

For the duration of the starspangled banner preservation project, i was the chief contributor. We will take you on a small tour today. Join us. One of the things people do not always recognizes during the war of 1812, it was fought until the end of 1815. It was really about america reestablishing its independence against the british. In 1814 the city of washington was attacked and it was burned and mostly the federal buildings that were burned and also the newspapers. Anything that was supporting the separation of the United States from britain. Its said that you could actually see the fires in washington from the city of baltimore. This is one of our really iconic pieces in the collection. Its a piece of the timber from the white house and you can see the charring on it. The troops left washington, there was a twopronged attack on baltimore, one was a land group coming up from washington and then there was the naval engagement com ....

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