This Battle Gave Birth To The Famous Tune “The Star Spangled Banner”
And what were the rockets that glared red?
6 min readApr 30, 2024
On August 24th, 1814, the British army invaded and burned Washington, DC to the ground. The attack was supposed to inflict a heavy blow to American morale as they torched all of the freshly constructed federal buildings, including the White House. The British had gained free…