THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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It was a sign that U.S. had successfully defended the fort and the city of Baltimore.
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It showed the U.S. had won the entire War of 1812.
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It was a sign that the British had won the battle and that America had to retreat.
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Francis Scott Key was writing a national anthem for the U.S. and seeing the flag gave him something to write about.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Key thus became an eyewitness to the bombardment of Fort McHenry. When he saw “by the dawn’s early light” of September 14, 1814, that the American flag soared above the fort, Key knew that Fort McHenry had not surrendered. Moved by the sight, he began to compose a poem on the back of a letter he was carrying.
Detailed explanation-2: -Everything was made ready at Fort McHenry to defend Baltimore. Major George Armistead, the Fort’s commanding officer, desired “to have a flag so large that the British will have no difficulty in seeing it from a distance."
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 14, 1814, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars” inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wood engraving of Francis Scott Key. Francis Scott Key stood aboard the deck of an American truce ship on September 14, 1814 and watched the raising of Fort McHenry’s large garrison flag over the ramparts.
Detailed explanation-5: -Attorney Francis Scott Key witnessed the twenty-five hour bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British troopship anchored some four miles away. He had boarded the ship to negotiate the release of an American civilian imprisoned by the British, and had been detained aboard as the bombardment began.