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Banner. 2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the British Naval bombardment of baltimores ft. Mchenry during the war of 1812. The nighing of the garrison flag the morning after the barrage inspired Francis Scott key to write the words that became our National Anthem. Good morning, i am Jennifer Jones and the chair of the Armed Forces History division here at the American History museum division. Im in charge of the starspangled banner. Im suzanne thomassenkrauss, senior textile conservative of American History and for the duration of the starspangled Banner Association i was the chief conservator. We are going to take you on a small tour today. Please come join us. One of the things people dont always recognize is that during the war of 1812 it was fought from 1812 until after 1814, early 1815. It was really about america reestablishing its independence against the british. In 1814 the city of washington was attacked and it was burned. It was mostly the federal buildings that were burned

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