Description
This presentation is a true “Tale of Two Cities”. In 1814, within less than a month and distance of ~40 miles from Bladensburg/Washington DC to Baltimore, the United States went from despair to celebration. British forces encountered: American chaos and panicked retreat at Bladensburg that opened the way to easy capture of the nation’s capital. Courage at the battle of North Point. And defiance at Fort McHenry. This presentation will also touch on the leading causes of the war and though little was formally resolved with the Treaty of Ghent’s “status quo antebellum”, there was a major gain by our fledgling country.
