Arrive in washington. Theyre so great. They had a fire in the middle of the 19th century but you can see what remains of them in curved bookcases at the library of congress and its incredible. This man, this renaissance man, every subject you can think of is there. Archaeology. History. Art. Farming. Its all there in different languages. That was thomas jefferson. Amazing. Well, two days before the british arrived, the commandant ordered the navy clerk to get a hold of transport to take 124 barrels of gun powder out of the navy yard into the safety of virginia. Booth settled up across into georgetown and saw a wagon outside a store. He rode up and told the two apparent owners he was impounding it for the department of navy. This is wartime. And so some citizens who might normally have buckled to bureaucratic pressure bustled chasing off government officials with abuse and profanities. This is exactly what happened to booth. In a vivid chronicle written two weeks after the departure of
Country, that thats more than just a raid, that its a significant moment in International History and so i severely disagree with my canadian counterparts that what happened here was a very important moment in both british and American History. Ive even had canadians say they got the white house. Lets do this. So thats the last question and want to give everyone 30 seconds to close up and geez. So sum up the war of 1812 in 30 seconds and i dont want the audience to forget they will be around, there will be book signings. You dont want to miss that opportunity. Doctor, please start us off. 30 seconds. I did an analysis of raids, skirmishes and battles of war of the 1812. Province of ontario and state of maryland tied on the numbers and virginia came in third. I find that very interesting. So the chesapeake theater had more raids, skirmishes and battles than any other theater during the war of 1812 to canada needs to start thinking about that. And id like to just end on a little bit of a
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 most remarkable urban rivers in the country, i think. Well, were in the middle f the river off port washington, maryland, about eight or nine miles south of washington. More than anything, this the waterways really define the attack on washington and the ultimate attack on baltimore. This british were really making good use of the waterways, chez peak bay, the rivers, and by 1813, the bay had pretty
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