The Battle of Fort McHenry, through Francis Scott Key's Eyes
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2014
- When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, they could never have guessed his stay would inspire their enemy's most-patriotic song.
From: A STAR-SPANGLED STORY: Battle For America
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“Better that we should die on our feet than live on our knees” was the militia in Baltimore’s motto during this battle. 🇺🇸
Jow
I know that said the "American christian, but even as someone who's not Christian, that's still very inspiring. 🇺🇸🦅
@@jaysonbennett7117 European Anglo Saxon Christian Might!!!!
Nice story, but it was actually first said by the Mexican revolutionary Emilio Zapata, almost a century later.
yep im not fighting for nothing unless its in my backyard
*"it was like a fireworks display"*
I've a feeling he's talking from experience
This is the Spirit of America, let us continue to be proud of all those who so diligently worked and died to begin this experiment called democracy. Liberty. Do not let any person, country, or ideology take it away.
America has the most interesting, fantastic history for better or worse. Proud to be an American!!!
honestly, i disagree with this comment
Yeah as an American, I gotta say European history is so much more interesting than Americas history.
@@Jermare idk man, English and Russian history is pretty insane.
@@fakhricahyaputra7988 same, i dont agree with it either
@@CaptainJackSparrowSavvyi find it interesting because we escaped the most powerful at the time british rule to end up creating the most powerful nation in the world
God Bless America 🇺🇸
"We soon found out we were in retreat, at which, to tell my good friends the truth, I was not sorry. These Americans are not to be trifled with." Royal Navy midshipman Sept 1814 - after the defeat at Baltimore.
What was the name of this Royal Navy midshipman who supposedly said this so soon after the British victories at Bladensburg, Washington, Alexandria, Fort Washington and North Point ?!
North Point was a tactical British victory in that the British held the field.This is based on a book by Robert George Gleig. He was an officer in Robert Ross's Army. The book is Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 11814 1815, available as a free kindle download from Amazon.
Robert Ross planned the attack to be a coup de main, strike rapidly, strike hard before the enemy has a chance to react. Before the Army advanced on Baltimore, troops packed 3 days worth of rations an were issued extra ammunition. Robert Ross intended to take, loot and burn Baltimore all in the space of 3 days. The British captured two American Dragoons before they began their advance. The American dragoons told Ross the Americans defending Baltimore numbered 20,000. Ross did not believe their information.
Robert Ross did not expect the Americans would be able to offer any resistance.
Shortly after the British began their advance they encountered resistance. The British did take the field. But before the Battle started, Ross exposed himself to enemy fire and was killed. The battle lasted between 2 and 3 hours. The British took more casualties than did the Americans, including Including General Ross. According to Gleig the British thought they had fought an American force of 6000-7000 men. The American force numbered 3000 men. The British force numbered 4000. At the end of the battle the British Army did not pursue the American Army but remained on the field until the next day. That is not the proper course of action for a coup de main. That the British force did not pursue but rested for a day is an indication that the British force had been handled roughly and needed time to recover.
When the British advanced on Baltimore the following day, they expected to meet the same force they had fought the previous day. When they arrived at Baltimore they found that force was but part of a force of 20,000 the Americans had gathered to defend Baltimore. It was not the bold British Army marching to Baltimore to confront a superior American force. It was the British Army blundering into a confrontation with a vastly superior American force. And it happened because Robert Ross believed the Americans were incapable of gathering such a force.
According to Gleig, the British troops wanted to have a go at the Americans. The British did not try to have a go at the Americans. Col. Arthur Brooke, who had succeeded Ross in command of the British Army, sent a message back to the fleet that the fleet had to break into Baltimore inner harbor and take out the American positions from the rear. The fleet could not break into the harbor. The day after the British force arrived at Baltimore it beat a hasty retreat back to its ships. It took the British force 2 days to get to Baltimore. They got back to their ships in less than a day.
Tactical victory yes but a meaningless one. All the British Army accomplished by that victory was nothing, except getting a number of themselves killed or wounded.
The British are unanimous on this point. The Battle of North Point was a second Battle of Bladensburg for Americans. Some of the British forces DID pursue the retreating Americans after the battle. The British paused for one day after the battle as they had lost their highly respected commander, General Robert Ross. Read WHEN BRITAIN BURNED THE WHITE HOUSE by British author Peter Snow.
"The British are unanimous on this point. The Battle of North Point was a second Battle of Bladensburg for Americans."
So? That's like Andrew Lambert being certain USS President surrendered to HMS Endymion. President did not.
"The British paused for one day after the battle as they had lost their highly respected commander, General Robert Ross."
They also lost 300+ killed and wounded.
What Robert Ross planned was a coup de main, which, as I have said elsewhere, means the troops move rapidly and strike hard. Even the death of the commander should not have justified halting for a day when speed was necessary. If Ross was a capable leader, would he not have let his second in command know his plan, in case the leader were incapacited, so his second in command can carry out the mission?
"Read WHEN BRITAIN BURNED THE WHITE HOUSE by British author Peter Snow."
I have.
It documents that MG Ross did say, when informed that 20,000 militia had gathered to defend Baltimore, he did not care if it rained militia. According to Gleig, MG Ross did not believe that report. Robert Ross seemed to think the US would be incapable of offering resistance. His rash act of exposing himself to enemy fire would indicate Ross did not think the Americans were capable of offering resistance. Maybe he did not inform his second in command what his plan was, because he believed there was no chance he would be incapacitated. What is your opinion?
This book says the British thought they had encountered a force of 12,000 American troops at North Point. In Gleig's book, it is stated they American force numbered 6000-7000. The American force numbered 3000, compared to 4000 British. That is an indication that the British did find American resistance daunting., took more than minimal punishment from the US troops and rested on the field overnight rather than pursue the US force not just to mourn the death of MG Ross. They had to recover from the day's battle.
+exarmydoc Damn I need to hire you to argue some of my arguments with people.
Sooo proud knowing that my ancestors have been here since Plymouth and fought for our countries freedom. They looked towards the future, towards their children's children's children. Towards me, my children and laid down their lives for generations not yet born. Really chokes me up.
Just so recently I have been aroused to relook at American History for the second time, I never payed much attention in history class. Deep inside I knew what happened yet I couldn't touch it on my tongue. After watching and relearning the history I took for granted, I was sent into tears. The United States of America will always be a country and will forever wave the Stars and Stripes! GOD BLESS AMERCA!
@2:40....the most "In your face" moment in American history.
I sincerely hope that the original flag that took the severe beating and was held up by dying patriots has been preserved!!!! Even if it is only rags it is still so very precious!!!
That's false, only 4 Americans died and no bodies were used to hold up the flag.
The flag is still preserved. It’s in the American History Museum in Washington DC. I saw it 2 weeks ago
@@uwotm8 mhm your telling me pretty much the entire british warfleet only killed 4 people?
@@bootaxia5516 the fleet was a lot smaller than being portrayed, and the ships weren't as big either. All you have to do is a quick Google search and you have all the accurate information you need from an endless amount of sources.
@@uwotm8 well idc how big it is. 4 people dead? thats just unrealistic
Excellent video ! I saw the Star-Spangled Banner in Washington DC. It's absolutely amazing to see it in person. The National Museum of American History has a wonderful display.
Visit Fort McHenry! It’s part of the National Parks
Our forefathers would weep bitterly if they could see America today
True.
Sadly true...
Yeah. They’d be very upset to see black people and women have rights now, probably.
They would immediately bring back the long lost tradition of tar and feathering. “The people should not fear the government but the government should fear the people”
I agree.
So emotional ❤️ God bless America the land of the free and the home of the brave ❤️
Beautiful! 🥲 We studied this at elementary school. 🗽 (1/2)
Best video ever. I love history. For our 8th grade class trip we went there and I answered every question correct
ryan363 FSK actually stayed in the brig with other prisoners and he was the only one with a window so all night the prisoners were asking if the flag was still there until it got to a point where there was too much smoke that he had to wait until dawn to be able to tell that the flag was still there. That's the only part this video got wrong
@@xenasta7314 Lol, like why would the Brits let him wander the deck like that. Wasn't he supposed to be a prisoner?
Tenzen Chang No, he was a lawyer that was hired and sent to British ship to secure the release of American POW’s, specifically Dr. William Bean. The British agreed but made him wait there while they attacked Baltimore and Fort McHenry certain that they would be Victorious. They were released and allowed to go back to the harbor after the battle of Baltimore. He started the poem(Star spangled banner) while on the ship and finished it after he returned to Baltimore.
I got to meet the guy who was Key at a summer reading program and he was an awesome guy. I asked him why he didn't talk in this and he said that in the IMAX movie he got to speak. I'm not sure if the IMAX version is released or not but I said that I know the guy who was George Armistead who is actually a ranger at Fort McHenry and I talked about when I went to the Fort in January and it was the best experience I had in my entire life and he said that he had an awesome experience there when he was filming. I hope I will get to see the IMAX version where he actually talks.
Would never expect a comment like this from someone with a profile picture like yours
I've seen the canons, they are huge for that time period gotta be strong fort, also the star shape of fort with many canons around it made Mchenry mad Fort
Wonderful clip! You can see the actual Star-Spangled Banner here at the National Museum of American History.
Cant wait to go see it one day
National Museum of American History I’ve been there many times. And to Fort McHenry too.
You get chills when you walk in that room. It truly embodies everything good about our country.
I’m from Colombia but I became American citizens and I love this country and I feel very proud of the United States is sad what is going on in this country right now 😢
Incredibly Courageous Men. Thank you forever!!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
my father, a high school music teacher, takes his students here to fort mchenry every two years when they do their band competition in virginia. i went once with them and it was honestly a really fun visit, albeit also being a sad one.
Oh say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What's so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming
Who's broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
Oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave
Oer the Land of the free and the home of the brave
200 years ago today, the Battle of Fort McHenry raged in Baltimore, inspiring a young lawyer to pen what would become our national anthem.
A Star-Spangled Story details the historic day: bit.ly/1B0ZQL8
+Emergency Rapid Response Team "the only reason why Stars and Stripes flew was the bodies of dead Patriots keeping the flag up."
Citation Please...
I know that
1:54 this part after, is so patriotic, I love it.
My music teacher played this video and all my classmates feel asleep.
No country is greater, no men are braver than American Patriots.
Why can we not....Protect this nation, Now! Wake.up.
“Better that we should die on our feet than live on our knees” was the militia in Baltimore’s motto during this battle. 🇺🇸
@@QUEENBEE200384 amen
That's just Nonsense, European countries and men are the best and bravest
Nah man. Canada and England's where it's at
America will never fall! 🇺🇸
Ha! Wanna bet
Mr. Scott Key was actually a lawyer who was negotiating prisoner transport between the United States and Great Britain they should have added that in there...
they should've. the video "Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It" explains it well.
Thank you! I am a visual learner and this helped me understand the events so much better. New subscriber 😊
The artillery through the night must have been amazing yet horrifying. I saw 18th century ships firing rows of cannons in Stockholm and it was really loud could be heard for miles and miles.
I learned lot of things from this video,amazing
Great mate... View from Officer, Victoria Australia
I went their for a field trip
Lucky
Cool
Cool
Overall, this is a good short film. I've seen the Star Spangled Banner in Washington DC and visited Fort McHenry - it's amazing how big that flag was and, when you look out on the bay, how close the British fleet must have been. Reading some of the comments below, a lot of you guys really need to step back and try to be objective as well as read some books on that War - sadly, so much ignorance and so many misconceptions.
D Henderson I agree, I’m born and raised and in the area(Annapolis) and I’ve been to both many times. I’m always in Awe or both the flag, our Anthem and Fort McHenry. From what I’ve learned many merchants from Baltimore sank their livelihoods(Ships) in the harbor to make a sort of reefs so that the British warships couldn’t get right up on Fort McHenry. The closest they could get was within 2 miles, which is still very close.
this is so sad to think this happened in Baltimore because i live in Baltimore
Angie Seymour well.. at least Britian didn't get to us
YouGotNoJams Jimin why? Baltimore was victorious in this particular battle. We caused Britain to retreat. And “our flag was still there”. Something to be proud of.
I live in New England, Rhode Island to be exact Many places have their history. This is how Star Spangled Banner song became.
No not sad ! It was a Glorious ! moment in America's fight for Independence from Britain.
Baltimore strong. Sad that it had to happen proud that the brave men & women stood their ground.
Nice video!
This is history.
You do not erase or rewrite history.
We need to get down on our knees in humble prayer to bring peace to our country.
This is one of the best stories ever!
Seems they left some details out... he had the option to lower flag to avoid being attacked but refused. He was also on the ship to collect prisoners.
They might not played the entire clip.
Wait, what? How did he have the option of lowering the flag If he was on a british ship??
Did not Francis Scott Key go out to the ship to negotiate the release of prisoners? An exchange of Brittish prisoners we had for the Americans they had on that ship?
So much is left out of this. 👎
So the flag that he seen that morning or the scene where they put up another flag wasn't the original was that was hanging up when they first attacked that night?
It’s just like what Mr. Greenwood said in his song God Bless The USA, “Because I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free, and I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me.”
My ancestor grandfather was in the war of 1812. Grace Wiser was a black indentured servant who helped make the flag.She was in apprenticeship , and her mother was a free black woman.
Does someone know the ending song please by any chance
I keep a picture of Francis Scott Key on my refrigerator.
Francis scot key is actully somthing great grandfather of mine
Americans died holding up that flag. As others picked up the flag we never gave let our Flag fall. Die on our feet - never live on our knees. I weep in pride every time I hear our anthem.
"Steve Roud Compilation Of Thee Greatest Pianist Of All Time Goes Too Francis Scott Keys Likewise Myself" ©
we're learning about England vs America and who made the star spangle banner
A battle in the War of 1812, in 1814 🇺🇸
Where can I watch the full documentary?
I hear there is beauty in chaos...
That's a different story then the Star Spengler Banner.
...land of the free is the home of the brave.!
Music??
Did Anthony Pitch fight in the revolution w/ Jorge washinmachine?
Without God, nothing is possible
But with God, all things are possible
There is so much more to this story. They brave men, young and old, that kept our flag flying that night. Literally around the base of that flag pole human bodies that one after the other parished to keep the pole upright and the flag flying and the flame of liberty lite. This war was on us for wanting to capture Canada and thus igniting the war, but our liberty hung in the balance that morning. Would as punishment the English invade and make us subjects to her parliament and King or would we stand strong. Our capital burnt a white house looted and burnt we stood. Will we withstand the assault from within, the deep state and the left are taking a heavy toll on the liberty. Our minute men fourfathers stood this ground for us. Might we do it for our future generations?
Correct, the narrative is plain wrong
Interesting that the video doesn't explain that the Congreve Rockets didn't have the range to hit Fort Mc Henry and they all fell short. The Bombardment Mortars had the range, but lacked the accuracy. One bomb fell into the fort, on the ammunition store, but it was a dud. Overall, only 4 men died in the fort and 2 dozen were wounded. To Scott Key, who was on the British side of the harbor, the attack must have seemed devastating. But given the weapons the Brits were using, the attack was completely a failure.
Our flag is the best
Look at my nameeeee
FUCK YEAH
WHO IS THE AUTHOR!!! I NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE AM DOING A SLIDE ABOUT THE BATTLE
Renee Yang name jeff
He's part of my family
A watered down, partial version; partially real.
What do you expect, you want them to go back in time and record the damm thing
@@CapillaryX 😂
i feel like you didnt explain it right, the bombs were the only light in the night, you saw absolutely nothing until a bomb exploded
And the rockets red glare ....
Baltimore was there when america needed it the most. America disappears when baltimore needs it the most
Haven't heard anyone mention why Fort McHenry was so important to the British. Look at a map of US mid-Atlantic states. Baltimore (Fort McHenry) is at the very top of the Chesapeake Bay. If the British had captured Baltimore, they would have split the US in half and penetrated deep into US territory, plus would have been able to attack the Delmarva (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) Peninsula with their navy from both east and west.
hes was in my moms family if you were looking for a family member of him here
The American fleet on Lake Ontario attacked York (now Toronto) looted and burned the Legislature buildings... Later, the British burned the Washington Presidential Palace and then bombarded the Baltimore Fort Wayne prompting the song: "Oh Say Can you See by the Dawn's Early Light that our Flag was Still There". ... Most Americans don't know this.
O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the peirlous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red flare and the bombs bursting in the air gave proof through the night our flag was still there o say does that start spangled banner wave or the land of the free and the home of the brave
Xd I saw this at school in music
Though we lost the war of 1812 we prove that we cannot be invaded
Raising the flag is a modern day gesture of giving the British the middle finger.
Never thought of it that way…
*SEPT. 1814; La AssauLt on Ft. McHenry!!!*
*Spangle, in the Nat Anthem!!! I just now, Mar.14, 2020;*
*Learned wut SpangLe, means!*
How could he survive
I think this is inaccurate, Francis Scott Key was on a Truce Ship , Not on a British Battleship
no he was detained aboard a troopship until the battle was over.
Free at last free at last thank god free at last
LOL it was a banner flag. Ya'll have the 30x42 foot original down there. Why not show it as a banner flag?
who else here from ENG,History class
-_- 0_0 I’m a wake I’m a wake
He is a true american
How francis scott key know the rocket the rocket was launch in 2000th century
No they had rockets in early 1800s. Primitive weapons but they were used.
They were very unrefined and not very accurate in the blast.
But they were there. Its basically gunpowder with some ballistics added to it
Not a literal rocket, as in a spacecraft.
BUNCH of details missing there Smithsonian...
I can't sing the national anthem knowing that indigenous people suffered for America to become America. I respect the people who fought for our freedom, but I can't just let the killing of all those people be ignored and forgotten.
Your comment is offensive.
Indigenous Peoples not "indigenous people".
@@localjess838 wow okay. sorry my grammar is off. I don’t usually use caps unless it does so automatically
@@localjess838 I’m sorry if that offended you. I will know for next time. I want to be an ally & I want to learn.
I am kin to Francis Key through James Martin's daughter Nancy who married Gallant J Reynolds. page 233 & 234 of Key and Allied Families by Mrs. Julian C. Lane
Great video but I laughed at 0:44 “ The people who watched it were enthralled. They were terrified, absolutely terrified but they saw a kind of beauty in it.” Really!?!
Where do they come up with these “Dramatic” scrips???
Nice Romantic story.... but that is all it is... just a story,,, a fabricated version of events...as they say, "to the victor goes the bragging rights".
This one is real. Both sides witnessed it from start to finish.
Merica F*** yeah
ELGARDOR america FUCK NO
Tempz Lachlan COMMIE!
Damian Rice no, im the complete opposite. Long live the monarchies
Tempz Lachlan technically is communism, you're lucky that America gave you the freedom to rebel, unlike other countries
Damian Rice that doesn't make *ANY* sense, communists are 100% against monarchies
What is an American doing on a British war ship?
Negotiating the release of American prisoners of war.
Not even the British Empire can defeat the United States of America
hahahahahaha get rekt Britain lol
France, Spain and Holland defeated the British in the USA, oh, and the colonists too. The British were busy fighting Napoleon and no one in Britain was aware of the scuffles in the colonies. It's like saying to the USA that you're fighting Japan and the Nazis and Romania.
What?
It's the war of 1812 not American revolution they've been independent for over 35 years.yes it's an estimate
Never been so prou5to be a natural born American
Relative of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Wrong flag used......only 13 colonies at the time
Nope, in 1814 we had expanded more west since the Louisiana Purchase so we had established more states and Anded them to the flag. Mind you this is the War of 1812 not the American war of Independence.
This was not the Revolutionary War, it was the War of 1812.
1717
This story is totally different from reality . There was a planned prisoner exchange, which failed. The flag was targeted, and so on.