war of 1812

Describes the events of the War of 1812 and the circumstances that inspired each of the lines of the song by Francis Scott Key.

A young Baltimore boy and his brother witness the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 that culminates in the writing of the national anthem by Francis Scott Key.

Recounts the tale of Laura Secord's journey to tell the British about an American plot to conquer them during the war between Great Britain and the United States in the early nineteenth century.

Explores the facets of the Civil War general's career and the ways he shaped, and was shaped by, the goals and ambitions of a young republic.

In 1814, when their father leaves them in charge of the Scituate lighthouse outside of Boston, two teenaged sisters devise a clever way to avert an attack by a British warship patrolling the Massachusetts coast.

Examines the events preceding, during, and after the British campaign to capture Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812.

Recounts in poetry the 1815 Battle of New Orleans in which Laffite's pirate band aided Andrew Jackson in routing the British.