Revolution. He has been active and interested in researching the location of the seat of government. He has been the author of many books and articles. Throughout most of his professional life, he has been the coeditor of the documentary of the history of the first congress. Classicis books is a now, published back 1991. Ow, thats the creation of washington, d. C. , which is published back in 1991. If anybody wants to know about behind the scenes and proceedings and meetings and all the things that went on in terms of the location of national capital, this book is a must read. Id like you to welcome kenneth [ applause ] thank you, bill. Rather than thank the individual organizations, i just want to say i think most of us would agree that this conference just rocks. [ laughter ] i would like to thank in particular the editor of our papers for the fine job they are doing. Fiona griffin and marsha anderson. [ applause ] one of the i think so i have in common with the next speaker, we tend
Artifacts takes viewers to Historic Sites around the country. Next we visit baltimore to learn about the berth of the starspangled banner. 2014 marks the 200th anniversary of the British Naval bombardment of the fort during the war of 1812. The raising of the garrison flag over the fort on the morning after the barrage inspired Francis Scott key to write the word that later became our National Anthem. Welcome to ft. Mchenry. During the day, we fly the 15star, 15stripe flag. The same style as the one that inspired Francis Scott key to write the National Anthem. Key saw that flag at a unique time in american history. A time when american moral was really, really low. A turning point in the war of 1812. And a lot of americans dont know much about the war of 1812. So lets explore the war of 1812 and why it was important for to see that flag and how it inspired him to write those words that became our National Anthem. This would have been the main line of defense against the british ships.
A time when american moral was really, really low. A turning point in the war of 1812. And a lot of americans dont know much about the war of 1812. So lets explore the war of 1812 and why it was important for to see that flag and how it inspired him to write those words that became our National Anthem. This would have been the main line of defense against the british ships. What was this war of 1812, and why did the british come to baltimore . Well, what a lot of people find surprising is really the war of 1812 was one of americas most unpopular wars. I think thats because the causes were so complex. And on one side, you can say the United States had a totally good reason to go to war. The british were seizing american ships, dictating who we should trade with, could not trade with, stealing american sailors and forcing them into the british navy. And it was deeper than just making up manpower shortage in the british navy. There was a whole question of citizenship that went with that.
Presented to George Washington. This presentation from Smithsonian Associates and the Historical Society of washington dc is about one hour. I do not have any visuals and i can claim that is because i do not know how to do it, but the truth is that i never know how i will say it until i get here. I hope you will forgive me for the lack of visuals. My title is dreams, nightmares and neglect. I will start with earlier than 1783. I will start with the european explorations the early part of , the 17th century, so it is going to be almost a 200year dream, but it will go fast, as i concentrate on what happened once the dream was realized. In 1607, john smith entered the sevenmile wide mouth of the Potomac River and headed north. Whether he got this far north, we are actually not certain, but People Living here, algonquin peoples called the place it as the place where something is brought, a training place, a place to which tribute is brought. It was a beautiful area in which the tidewater f
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