British lake. It was important for a lot of reasons. One pennsylvania, maryland, delaware and virginia were the bread basket of the United States. You bottle up the Chesapeake Bay and a lot of the goods, the wheat that was exported that does not get to sea. In addition, uch the important sea ports and cities of indianapolis and baltimore and the new capitols, washington dc. Alexander and virginia. The british with blocking the bay hope that we would pull our troops out of canada and using them closer to home and recognizing the war being unpopul unpopul unpopular amongst our people. The economy was not doing so well, that may help end this war of 1812. For the british, the war of 1812 is a distraction. All this is but a side show. They want to bring the war of 1812 to a conclusion as quickly as they can. The world of 1812 here on the Chesapeake Bay sees the world navy against a number of small town and americans living over the bay. However, even a small resistance that town would be b
By the terms of the release of the prisoner he negotiated, he could go back to baltimore only once the battle was over. So his question is who is going to win this battle . And theres this lull in the battle right now. It gets quiet. This is where the british use five special ships. And i love the names of them. The one was the meteor. The terror. The etna. The h. M. S. Volcano. And the h. M. S. Devastation. That was the shock and awe of 1814. Each one of those ships could fire a 200pound exploding shell two miles. Now, im sure we probably have some folks who fired mortars in their careers in the military. And you know the principle of the mortar, fire and lob the projectile up. These mortars were fixed at a 45degree setting. If you do the math that bomb will go a mile high in the sky before it begins its descent. Imagine you, for some you can probably imagine its easy because you did it in real life, being a young recruit, on the receiving end of a bombardment or fire, and unable to r
There are three entities you cannot say no to. First is my mom. Two, the gold star mothers. Three, the american legion. We are here. [applause] here, i want to leave you walking away with an appreciation for what baltimore represents. Because this is a really important year. This year is 2015, 200 years ago of really, what a year reflection. 1815, the cornerstone of a very important monument was late, which still stands up the road. If you get some time, i would ask you to visit it. It is called the battle monument. It is also sometimes called the baltimore monument. If you look at the monument, Lady Baltimore stands with a wreath. Fighters from 1814. If you forget everything that you experience here this weekend, if you get totally fried out on all the meetings, youmber that this week visited the home, the birthplace, of the National Anthem. It was the battle here, 201 years ago, of which Francis Scott key was an eyewitness, that led to the words that song. Rys what was this war of 18
The bombing of baltimores ft. Mchenry. The flying of the flag after the barrage inspired Francis Scott key to write the words that later 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 suzanne thomassenkrauss, text tile conservative of American History. 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 reestablished its independence against the british. In 1814 the city of washington was attacked and burned. It was mostly the federal buildings that were burned and also the newspapers. Anything exporting the separation of the United States from britain. It said you could actually see the fires in washington from the city of baltimore. This is one of our really iconic pieces in the checks. Its a piec
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