Summary Of The War Of 1812 Is The Star-Spangled Banner

“It seemed as though Mother Earth had opened and was vomiting shot and shell in a sheet of fire and brimstone.” Francis Scott Key wrote this after watching British warships send a fleet of shells and rockets onto Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor. Although there was great tragedy resulting from this event it was just another chapter in the ongoing war of 1812.
I (Adalie Peterson) am an editor for Houghton-Mifflin and I also am a publisher of social studies books for middle school students. Due to the reasoning that our expenses are going up, some of the publishers I work with want to eliminate the War of 1812 from the books, therefore saving money, ink, and space in our books for more valuable information.
I believe that the war of 1812 is
Key saw the attack on Fort McHenry, after the attack he waited and the hours passed slowly but in the clearing smoke of “the dawn’s early light,” Key saw the U.S. flag flying and he knew we had won, and was inspired. Francis began to write his song while still on the boat. Key’s brother in law read Key’s work and had it distributed under the name “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” The Baltimore Patriot newspaper soon printed it, and within weeks, Key’s song, now called “The Star-Spangled Banner,” appeared in print across the country. Brent D. Glass, the museum director at the National Museum of American History says“The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue of Liberty and the Charters of Freedom,” the Star-Spangled Banner is rich in history and if the War of 1812 was not included in our history books the students reading it would not understand where the star spangled banner came from, and would not understand the importance that the song, and the flag itself
area, which he wanted 2,000 U.S. army regulars, plus 10,000 militiamen ready in reserve. Not even a fraction of his force was made up because so many people agreed with John Armstrong. In Chesapeake bay however a British squadron led by George Cockburn spent a lot of time during 1813 terrorizing coastal communities. By 1814 Cockburn had his eyes set on Washington, D.C., telling a superior that the city “might be possessed without difficulty or opposition of any kind.” An anonymous letter was sent to the administration explaining Cockburn’s invasion plans, and not even this set of the administration. While the Americans sat back and refused to believe anything was happening the British got to work. The British have their main fleet setting sail for the Patuxent River on August 17. At the same time, diversionary forces headed for the Potomac River which is a more direct route to Washington. As the British started to get closer the panicked residents of Washington, D.C. began departing all in large groups. Clerks began collecting important documents and fleeing the town, documents such as the Declaration of Independence. After the battles that had occurred more destruction from the British took place, they torched what remained of the Washington Navy Yard, the Treasury building, the brick home of the state,