Wow.

That's been posted before for 4th of July so when my oldest asked about the War of 1812 and the name of the fort where the Banner was written I was ready to go with this. She said the same at the end, "wow". Thank TexAgs!

Beautiful!

Outstanding

Thank you, op.

Worth more than the 12 minutes spent to watch it all. A lot more.

Is that Paul Harvey narrating?

Beautiful, just beautiful.

Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess

That was fantastic, and so very appropriate right now.

No. It's not his voice. It cod be David Barton but I am not sure.

Facebook is censoring it

Great post...thanks for posting!

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Thank you, op.

Worth more than the 12 minutes spent to watch it all. A lot more.

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You're very welcome. I got all misty-eyed. It's an inspiring piece about our brave ancestors and how they fought for this country.

We CANNOT allow those who want to change this country into a carbon copy of the rest of this world. The United States of America serves a God-given purpose. IMO, President Trump is fighting the good fight to keep this country as founded. This truly is the most important election in our history. I know people say that every election, but this time it is for real folks.

MAGA and God Bless everyone.

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WOW--Very Powerful! Overcome with emotion hearing that and I've heard the story many times before. Praying for our nation even more.

Just posted on my twitter. I'm going to fly the flag between now and through the election...

Awesome!!

"The great thing about the American Christian is he would rather die on his feet than live on his knees."

anaggieshusband said:

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Facebook is censoring it

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That's a joke, I assume. But the fact that it may not be is pathetic for Facebook.

Just posting to look up in my history so I can watch later

Nevermind

I've actually heard it before.

It's almost 100% bulls**t.

Please take down the OP, and don't recommend this video to anyone.

You'll note that the person who posted it has turned off comments, because they're tired of people trying to correct all the lies.

I can't recall all the details, but it's full of lies and errors.

• Calls it Fort Henry, not Fort McHenry
• Was not the whole British fleet, which would have been 700+ ships
• McHenry was not full of women and children, though there were some
• It was a military fort, why else shell it?
• There was no agreement to end the shelling if the flag was lowered
• There were not hundreds of British ships there were five (perhaps as many as 16 in the fleet, but only five doing the shelling)
• Key was only there to liberate one prisoner, not all
• Key didn't narrate the battle to the prisoners
• Wasn't any Admiral talking to Key
• No one would train all the guns on the freaking flag
• They would have almost no way of knowing if they hit the flagpole
• Flag was not shredded
• Flagpole was not at an angle
• Flagpole had never been hit
• Men did not hold the flagpole up with their bodies the flagpole was 87 feet tall with a huge flag. A person is not going to hold it up by hand
• There were not dozens of people killed, only four people died in the shelling

Replying to the OP, to make sure he sees it.

Love you, man, love your devotion.

But you've been duped

https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/TRANSCRIPT%20Official%20Account%20of%20the%20Bombardment%20of%20Fort%20McHenry.pdf



https://www.thoughtco.com/war-of-1812-battle-fort-mchenry-2361371

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The Flag Was Still There

By dawn, with the rain subsiding, the British had fired between 1,500 and 1,800 rounds at the fort with little impact. The greatest moment of danger had come when a shell struck the fort's unprotected magazine but had failed to explode. Realizing the potential for disaster, Armistead had the fort's gunpowder supply distributed to safer locations. As the sun began to rise, he ordered the fort's small storm flag lowered and replaced with the standard garrison flag measuring 42 feet by 30 feet. Sewn by local seamstress Mary Pickersgill, the flag was clearly visible to all of the ships in the river.

The sight of the flag and the ineffectiveness of the 25-hour bombardment convinced Cochrane that the harbor could not be breached. Ashore, Brooke, with no support from the navy, decided against a costly attempt on the American lines and began retreating towards North Point where his troops re-embarked.

Aftermath

The attack on Fort McHenry cost Armistead's garrison 4 killed and 24 wounded. British losses were around 330 killed, wounded, and captured, most of which occurred during the ill-fated attempt to move up the Middle Branch. The successful defense of Baltimore coupled with victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh aided in restoring American pride after the burning of Washington DC and bolstered the nation's bargaining position at the Ghent peace talks.

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Just posted on my twitter

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Take it off, don't embarrass yourself.

Andrew Jackson still kicked their limey *****

It might be fiction "based on a true story", it is more accurate than most Hollywood "based on true stories".

An like many of those movies, I enjoyed the story.

BuddysBud said:

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It might be fiction "based on a true story", it is more accurate than most Hollywood "based on true stories".

An like many of those movies, I enjoyed the story.

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I enjoy fiction, as well. As long as it's identified that way.

Beyond that, I disagree 100%. Movies are made to entertain. Rarely do they give a crap about accuracy. So they can be forgiven/ignored.

History is different. It needs to be as accurate as possible.

It does no one any good to tell fairy tales. All it does is make people skeptical of truth. And truth is paramount to history.

Please go back to the lies I pointed out, and refute what you can.

The fact is that Fort McHenry sustained an hours-long bombardment of probably 1500 shells and many rockets. Four were killed, around 30 were wounded. They repulsed an attempted landing by troops. The flag that stayed up through the night was lowered at dawn, and the huge parade flag that Key saw, was raised.

There was no damage to the flagpole, it's stupid to think the British would have targeted it, and even dumber to think they had that kind of accuracy. And it's laughable to think that humans or human bodies could have held up an 87-foot-tall flagpole the size of a ship's mast.

This useless bit of glurge is stupid, wildly inaccurate, and should be removed from the Internet.

It does an incredible disservice to the actual defenders of Fort McHenry, and the story of the battle.

Next time you accuse liberals of being guided by feelings, recall how many people swallowed these lies.

You have a point that, as usual, the true story is more powerful than the fictional version.

I still enjoyed the story. Knowing it's fiction allows me to enjoy it as entertainment rather than as a true historical account.

Perhaps it should have a disclaimer stating "this video is a fictional account based upon a true story. Any similarity to the actual events and characters is strictly coincidental."

Haha, love the liberals on here complaining about rewriting history.

GWGuerrilla said:

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Haha, love the liberals on here complaining about rewriting history.

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What liberals?

BuddysBud said:

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You have a point that, as usual, the true story is more powerful than the fictional version.

I still enjoyed the story. Knowing it's fiction allows me to enjoy it as entertainment rather than as a true historical account.

Perhaps it should have a disclaimer stating "this video is a fictional account based upon a true story. Any similarity to the actual events and characters is strictly coincidental."

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That's where we diverge. Knowing it was fiction while being presented as a true story made me despise it.

I couldn't enjoy it at all.

The Alamo is an inspiring story, even without the "line in the sand". George Washington was an amazing man, without the cherry tree fable. More recently, in History vs. Hollywood, I read the story of Carl Brashear, the first black Navy diver. His real life was much more inspiring than the Hollywood Men of Honor movie.

I like history. I don't like fairy tales.