![]() “I do therefore recommend…rendering the Sovereign of the Universe…public homage…acknowledging the transgressions which might justly provoke His divine displeasure…seeking His merciful forgiveness…and with a reverence for the unerring precept of our holy religion, to do to others as they would require that others should do to them.” President James Madison, who is known as the “Chief Architect of the Constitution,” had previously declared a National Day of Prayer, July 9, 1812, stating: His son, John McHenry, fought in the battle. They were transferred to a sloop where they watched 19 British ships fire continuously for 25 hours over 1,800 cannon balls, rockets and mortar shells at the earthen Fort McHenry.įort McHenry was named for Secretary of War James McHenry, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Beanes would be hanged so they asked attorney Francis Scott Key to sail with Colonel John Skinner under a flag of truce to the British flagship Tonnant and arrange a prisoner exchange.Ĭoncerned their plans of attacking Baltimore would be discovered, the British placed Francis Scott Key and Colonel Skinner under armed guard aboard the H.M.S. On their way, they caught an elderly physician of Upper Marlboro, Dr. ![]() ![]() Capitol, the British attacked Baltimore, Maryland-the third largest city in America. ![]() On SEPTEMBER 13, 1814, just weeks after they burned the U.S.
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