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Well I'm not sure if this you are looking for (be more specific). The burning of Washington D.C. was committed by the British as revenge. We, the americans, burned fort York in Canada so the British burned D.C. Dolly Madison was also significant in this event because, since she was the presidents wife, she waved many valuables from the White House before it burned.
The Battle of Baltimore
It would have meant that the British had overrun Ft. McHenry because they would take the flag down.
Francis Scott Key. He also wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
The Washington lawyer who watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship was Francis Scott Key. He was inspired by the sight of the American flag still waving after the battle, which led him to write the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry." This poem later became the lyrics to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
At the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History in Washington, D.C..
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The Battle of Baltimore
The original lyrics for the Star Spangled Banner came from the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry" written by Francis Scott Key in 1814.
It would have meant that the British had overrun Ft. McHenry because they would take the flag down.
British were shelling Ft. McHenry
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was inspired there.
Baltimore's Fort McHenry was being attacked by the British
James McHenry, was born in Ireland and is the man for whom Fort McHenry is named. He was a signer of the Constitution, a Continental Congress delegate, and Secretary of War under both the Washington and Adams administrations. McHenry served as a surgeon during the Revolutionary War, and for a time was a prisoner of war.
Burning of Washington happened on 1814-08-24.
Francis Scott Key and Dr. William Beanes