glad to see all of you here tonight. we had one burning question before class. i don t know if the individual has the courage, who asked that question. is that possible? do you want to do that? ok. all right. i asked if that picture was you. well, it s part of me. this is maurice jacob weiner, my father. and this lecture is in honor of him. my grandmother, his mother, was functionally illiterate in english. spoke yiddish. never really learned the language. he graduated third in his class in high school and won a scholarship to law school where he also boxed and ran track. he was drafted at age 35 when my mom was pregnant, came home. really didn t mind the war. now, he was a nifty guy. and i think one of the main reasons i m doing this tonight is because of him, because he used to have me sit while he shaved every morning, which was quite a scene. and he would quote the gettysburg address or quote from shakespeare but above all, he would talk about world war ii. so i
and we need to try to achieve them. these are the kinds of things that all flowed from that fundamental perception that special, and we need to do everything we can to keep it that way. throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring madison, wisconsin. our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more aboutm and other stops on c-span s cities tour at c-span.org/local content. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. week american artifacts takes viewers into historic sites around the country. baltimore s fort mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the star-spangled banner, withstoodican forces an all-night bombardment by the british navy and turned the tide of the war of 1812. but the ford continue to make history for years playing an important role in the history of the civil war, world war i, and beyond. american history explores the history of fort mchenry after star-spangled bann
styles of the times in which they lived, and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that s this christmas day. for our complete schedule. go to cspan.org. baltimore s ft. mchenry is celebrated at the birthplace of the star-spangled banner. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history after the star-spangled banner. i m chief of interpretation here of the birthplace of the star-spangled banner. one of the questions we good are the can knolls that were used to fight off the bring. of course, the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. is shows the great layers of ft. mchenry s history. the history begins with the words of francis scott key, but it s made contributions right up to the own present time, in the great way that the americans bon
then at 10:00 p.m., tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that s this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. each week we go to historic sites around the country. baltimore s ft. mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the star-spangled banner where american forces with stood an bombardment. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history of ft. mchenry after the star-spanked banner. my name is vince bass. i m chief of interpretation here at ft. mchenry national monument, the birthplace of the star-spangled banner. one of the questions we good are the cannons that were used to fight off the british. of course, the answer is no. these guns were manufactured during the american civil war, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. is shows the great layers of ft. mchenry s history. ft. mchenry s history also begi
sides of the american fleet and sink them. when the british come into the bay and this whole thing starts, the british guns can fire a mile and a half, where the american guns are carrying aids for the most part. they can only shoot 500 yards. if the british royal navy is kept away, if they can sail outside the 5 hundreds yards, they can reduty the flart fleet has confiance comes into the bay, the wind shifts. now it s a westerly wind. in the bay, the winds are fitful. that confiance and needs a strong wind. as she comes into the bay, this is confiance outer anchor. it s shot off the front and sinks into the bay. we found it in 1996, in 40 feet of silt. there she is. ten feet long, ten feet wide. you can still see the gold paint on the side that says quebec. when that anchor is shot off, and commodore dowdy, the captain of the ship, trying to stay away from the american lines, he can t. he s drawn directly into the american fear. no matter what he does to try to turn the sh