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200 years ago on august 24th, 1814, British Forces burned the capitol building, president s house, and most federal buildings. Next, author of through the perilous fight uses the boat to take us on a river tour of the burning of washington. This program is about 90 minutes. Ive had a boat on the potamic, oh, about 30 years. Its a great way to see the city. It looks really like a different city as seen from the water. Lots of people think of the potamic as an obstacle to cross on the way to d. C. , like a commuter obstacle, but its the reason that the city is where it is, and its one of the mos...

The men dropped dead from heat exhaustion. Then they marched 6 months southwest of the capital and then burned the capital and tramped almost a mile down pennsylvania avenue to where they were now. They were famished and thirsty. Admiral George Coburn was the driving force. His superior, Major General robert ross had second thoughts and he wanted to return. And coburn forced him by the influence of his occupants, to proceed. He said weve only got militia men ahead of us. Thats nothing. Weve come so far, we have to continue. He had been recognized by nelson. He acknowledged coburn ability and k...

And the constitution that will reflect adaptability and great persuasion mad sentence had. An interesting capstone to two days of i think what we all can agree has been just a tremendous group of presentations. So the first speaker that will be coming up this afternoon is kenneth r. Bowling. Kenneth received his phd from the university of wisconsin. His specialty is the creation of the is all about the creation of the federal government during the revolution. Hes been very active and interested in particularly researching the seat of government. Hes been the author of many book and articles. T...

Francis scott key to write the words that later became our anthem. Welcome. Of interpretation here at the birthplace of the star spangled banner. Nighttime, you fly a small modern flag. Star, day, we fly the 13 15stripe flag, the same style that inspired Francis Scott key write the national anthem. Key saw that flag at a unique American History when american morale was really, really low. Turning point in the war of 1812. Know of americans dont about the war of 1812. Why it was important for francis to see that flag and how it spine inspired him to write those words that became our national an...

At night time we fly a small modern flag. During the day, a 15star, 1 5stripe flag, the same style that inspired Francis Scott key. G 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 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. Gun deck here on the of fort mchenry. We also call it the water battery. As would have been the main line of defense against the british ships. 1812 was one of america...