the shoals. and some more ships would sail up the bay under captain peter parker to disrupt communications and further confuse the americans. and he s able he s able to persuade ross and admiral cochrane to go along with this. ross, he takes them ashore, in st. mary s county and ross sees how poor the defenses are. and ross is, you know, an aggressive commander himself. he certainly has proven himself in the european wars, and he s eager to get home. he s got a wife who is not at all happy he s been sent across the ocean to fight in this new war. so what they agree to is they don t commit to an attack on washington, but they agree that they ll land the forces at benedict, and go try to trap barney and based on the resistance they meet, they can make a decision as to whether or not to continue on to washington. cockburn s plans are zealously endorsed by one of ross officers. this is lieutenant george de lacy evans. this picture was taken much later, during the crimean war,
but nonetheless, it rededicates this country to big ideas. and the person who has to do it in his speech, walking up to the podium, is the president. we saw the first family walking in to st. john s church earlier this morning. they re at that worship service right now. there they are, right there, just before they walked into st. john s episcopal church, across the street from the white house. there s the first lady, and the president, sasha and malia, and the first lady s mom. luis leon is preaching on the theme of unity, which is also the president s theme. we ll see the president and first lady when they come out of that service, in just a little bit. first, let s talk to david muir. he s on the shadow of the steps of the capitol. and a lot of people gathering already. gathering here since the darkdar darkened hours before the sun came up. you talked about the choir of p.s. 22. you can see the capitol behind me, for those of you watching at home. the archway that the
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