The Brits entered the nation’s capital unopposed. 24, 1814, troops of Ross and Cockburn burned the official buildings of fledgling Washington, D.C., after defeating the Americans at Bladensburg. To most people, the hand of God was at work. This is what is so powerful about the song: it captures how Americans felt about their 38-year-old nation. 14 the flag still waving above Fort McHenry - an incredible, emotional revelation to him - in sight of the conquerors of Napoleon. They had to stay on their truce ship as the enemy launched the attack.Īt first an opponent of the War of 1812, Key saw through the morning haze of Sept. Georgetown lawyer Francis Scott Key had sailed earlier with a federal official to meet the top British officers - Admiral George Cockburn and General Robert Ross - on their ship, seeking release of an American prisoner. The fort took many mortar bombs and cannonballs, but the British could not pass. “Defence of Fort McHenry,” the original title of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” became a hit after the Battle of Baltimore, when the Royal Navy withdrew away from the harbor in September 1814. The following is an amended version of a Georgetowner newspaper editorial of Sept.
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