British Guy Reacts to The Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It *Extremely Emotional*
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- Reacting to the very emotional story of The Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It!
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I was one of the people that asked you to react to this one instead of the other one! Thank you for doing so! Peace, Love and Happiness to you & your family from Alabama, USA! 🇺🇸
Major Shrapnel, an English artillery officer, invented the cannonball, which exploded in the air using a fuse to create an effect similar to a modern-day air burst. This is also where we get the term "Shrapnel" for the metal that scatters. It also caused a red flash of light when it blew up.
@More AdamCouser…….Adam, I couldn’t figure out why you looked so familiar when I clicked on this video. Finally remembered you were one of my favorite reactors to the singer Dimash. Are you still following his career?
So good to see you again. Best of luck in all your endeavors. 🤗
to answer the question regarding the number of ships: the US had 16 war ships, the Brits had over 500.
This was the War of 1812. The Brits were still pretty pissed about losing the war for independence. The taxes and resources available from America were incalculable, and would have made Britain immensely powerful. They felt they were in a good position to take the colonies back, so they gave it a shot. I don’t think they realized how well the Americans had armed themselves with a top notch navy and well trained army.
That's not what happened at all. They were impressing US sailors into the British navy to support their War on Napoleonic France so the US declared war on Britain then invaded Canada, with the actual British invasion not coming until 1814. I get the want to say this was a righteous war of survival, but it was more about economic independence and expansionism. Also the US hadn't really armed ourselves that well. A large reason the British invasion attempts overall failed was a lack of commitment in full scale, having just defeated Napoleon for the 1st time as well as a very bad attack strategy at both Baltimore and New Orleans. Like we were heavily outgunned, but we fought smarter towards the later stages of the war, having kinda got sucker punched a lot early on in terms of land battles. We also shied away from large scale naval battles (except for the Battle of Lake Erie), and focused on fighting duels where individual ships saw great success and the war ended in a stalemate.
that is why the American Flag shall never hit the ground , i see a person stepping on it or burning it BURNS ME TO THE SOUL .
I can understand that!
I vote we swap out some of these American haters with Adam. The UK gets them and we get him lol
@@MoreAdamCouser I am ADD and the dancing fruits on the TV were killing my attention span. Luckily I already knew the story so I didn't have to rewind much. 😆
Then you don't understand the rights granted to Americans and the core value of this country. Your opinion doesn't matter. Rights matter. Period.
@@citisoccer i promise you i know our rights just as well as you if not better.. now go sit down .
I'm a vet and that song makes me cry every time. So does the song taps.
Love this Rodney!
Five boys in the family four of us served… My brothers have actually played taps in ceremonies
and hate reveille
I don't care if you are a vet, all Americans should feel this way. BTW, Taps is not a song, it is a military bugle "call" like "reveille", "retreat", and "charge." While in high school band, I was often called on to play taps for the local VFW on my trumpet. Hard memories watching those WWII vets burying their brethren. Many tears from hard old men.
I can never get through it without crying !
That is why we say with conviction, freedom is not free, it cost the greatest of sacrifice.
This telling of Fort McHenry is embellished in the storytelling, but the event did happen, Frances-Keyes was there, and he did write The Star Spangled Banner afterwards. The actual flag now reside at the American Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
Yes, it does. I’ve been there to see it. We are so fortunate to stand on the shoulders of such patriotic, men and women
None will be 100% accurate since nobody alive today was there 🤷
embellished it how?
If you don’t make a story a little better every time you tell it… than you have no right telling the story lol 😂
@@bigbabolat ok here goes, firstly the Royal Navy did not send its entire fleet of ships to the US, there were only 19 ships that took part in this battle, Fort Mchenry was a military fort at this time, it was designed to hold a strategic position in defence of Baltimore, George Washington never said ""The great thing about the American Christian is he would rather die on his feet than live on his knees." there is no documented evidence of this in any of his writings or papers, and the worst lie is that men's bodies held up that flag, the fort only 4 people had died, the rest is covered by jingoistic rubbish taking away the real story of why that flag still held up by a bombardment of 19 ships
As with US military bases today, forts did have women and children. My dad was in the US Navy for 27 years, and I lived on or near many Navy bases, mostly California, as he was with the Pacific fleet as a naval aviator. I was raised to stand, with my hand on my heart, for the National Anthem. And, the flag does not touch the ground. To see the flag draped over my dad's casket at his funeral, folded, and then presented to my mother, will be in my memory forever. The guns salute and playing of taps sent me sobbing. He gave his life to this country, but cancer took him from us. Forever my hero.
Thank you for his service as well as your family service to our country
My Dad was in the Air Force for 22 years. The flag, taps and gun salute at his funeral undid me as well.
For McHenry was a military fortress, not a civilian fort, and housed a military garrison not women and children. Most women and children remained in the city of Balitmore during the attack or fled entirely for safety reasons.
When firing on fortifications, the British used a lot of mortars. Look up "bomb vessel". They had five bomb vessels ("the bombs bursting in air") and one rocket ship firing Congreve rockets ('the rocket's red glare"). The bombs were fused to burst in the air.
Also they placed them on a floating barge and were unable to get within effective range, so majority of shots missed their mark entirely.
On a side note being from Baltimore. The bridge named for Francis Scott Key was ran into and destroyed about five weeks ago. A container ship lost power and took out one of the main supports. Over a mile long bridge came down in mere seconds. Six poor souls who were working on the bridge overnight filling potholes lost their lives. The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the face of Baltimore.
Love your videos and keep up the great work!
The important parts of the story are true. The people nitpicking the accuracy because not every element can be proven one way or the other. The best proof of the accuracy of what happened is the star spangled banner song itself.
Wdym "not every element can be proven" yes it can. It was well documented and we have tons of archaeological evidence. The fort is still there for crying out loud, it was never torn down. We have the casualty reports, the times when it began and ended, we have ship logs from the Brits and after action reports from the US Army. Also even the song has 1 innacuracy where it implies it was the same flag. But it wasn't. The flag was lowered and what was raised was a much smaller storm flag, which was lowered after the battle as dawn broke they re-rose the larger flag.
Love your delving into our culture
I love it!
I absolutely loved this story❤️
This video is a falsification of history, which is a crime against the public. Many commenters warned you that this video was riddled with errors and lies, as well as injected with religion, which has no place in the history. So why did you react to it?
Its a plumped up version but over all true
Me too, even though it makes me all sappy and shit🫡💯🥹
Extremely propagandized version of events. This occurred during the War of 1812, so they were not colonies. Key was not at Fort Henry, nor was he negotiating for more than a single soul. Once the battle ensued at Fort McHenry he and the freed prisoner had already left. The battle actually happened during the dawn of morning and it was raining, hence the rumbling thunder. The quote attributed to Washington, was from the Spanish Civil War. There are many other inaccuracies but that is enough to make the case this is nothing more than propaganda.
I'm a 50-year-old woman, U.S. Army disabled veteran. Although the video you watched was more embellished than other videos about the story behind the National Anthem, it at least gives you a feel for why many Americans are very patriotic about the National Anthem and the U.S. Flag. Neither represents a single person like a king or emperor, but rather the embodiment of an idea that we are constantly striving for, a more perfect union, "freedom, liberty, and justice for all". Americans are very passionate about their ideals, even when those ideals clash with other Americans. While I respect the Flag and always stand for the Anthem, I still understand why others don't. Even if I don't share their opinion, I would still fight for them to have the right to express those opinions. One of the sayings I learned in the Army was, "I might not like what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it."
The U.S. is never one thing and can and must encompass many ideas, opinions, passions and goals at once. It's not always pretty, and sometimes very contentious. But as the military saying goes, freedom isn't free.
To me, the most important line in the National Anthem is the last one, asking if the Flag still flies over the land of the free and the home of the brave. The last line sung isn't saying how awesome our country is or how great we were in the past, but questioning if we as citizens, as soldiers, as politicians, as Americans, if we have kept the Flag flying over a country that we can be proud of, that we consider the embodiment of freedom and bravery. And that same question is asked of every generation, knowing that we as individuals only hold onto the baton for a short period of time before handing it off, and having to answer if we have done our part to keep the Flag flying over the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
The artillery that explodes mid-air are called mortars. Their purpose is to explode shrapnel. Its more of an antipersonel than a siege weapon.
There are so many of us Americans that have forgotten our own history that it's saddening. Singing The Star Spangled Banner and saying The Pledge of Allegiance has become monotonous and meaningless to many. Glad to see that someone from across the pond appreciates this bit of our history. One thing I would suggest is watching Red Skelton's breakdown of The Pledge of Allegiance.
Some of the words were transcribed incorrectly in this video: Hailed not Held. Ramparts not Ramperts. Fight not Flight. The guy who originally made/posted this video should have checked for accuracy when doing a video on The Star Spangled Banner. ❤
Serious pet peeve of mine, and I always figure I’m the only one that notices things like this.
yeah, the original has bigger problems than incorrect transcription ... how about all the incorrect "facts" and the preposterous dialogs??
Cannon balls were filled with gun powder so they would explode, and they did. But they were anything but consistent, they blew mid air and long after they hit the ground.
Ahh gotcha! Thank you!
NO, the British used the Congreve Rocket. I believe it was the first rocket used maybe wrong on that but it was a rocket.
@@bgb946 YES.. They used both. Hence the the line "rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air".
If memory serves me correctly, the British war fleet was about 90 ships total.
Ships could also fire rockets, which as advanced as fireworks are today, so some would explode after hitting something, and some would explode in mid-air. Today, the ones that go off over a battle intentionally are called arial flares or star bursts.
I believe most of the ones that air burst were used to check and make sure they were still on target. Kind of like how Japan used white phosphorus to illuminate ships at night.
It was about 20 ships.
Hundreds of ships (from the video)? No.
Hundreds of guns? Yes.
This is the essence of what America is. Unfortunately,, over the years our government seems to have lost this essence, for money and power. It is sad. I still believe deep down we as the people have not lost our spirit.
This is also another good example why you often hear Americans say "Thank you for your service." to our soldiers a lot. Every time we sing that song or pledge allegiance to the flag, we are reminded what was sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today and that keeping it isn't free either and it's the brave men and women of our armed forces that step up to pay that cost.
I believe there were big war ships but there were also many smaller boats in the British fleet. The fire from the cannons would come from the big burst of flames when the cannon ball ejected ...I think...lol 😂
Someone please correct me if needed!
Thank you for another great reaction..you are becoming one of my favorite reactors 😊
Thanks cookie, I love this comment!
@@MoreAdamCouser The British fleet of the time also had early versions of naval rocket artillery, which had greater range than cannon, but were less accurate, and were what the song refers to as lighting up the sky & were what propelled the bombs which would occasionally detonate prematurely & burst in the air before reaching their target, especially when fired from the outer limits of their range.
The red glare came from the excess heat from the gun powder that heated up the cannon balls not enough to melt but enough to glow
I'm so old we didn't even have dirt yet!! We had no private phone line (party line phone), No AC until 15, no micro-zap until 17, and have used, dug, and moved an outhouse. After moving you used the dirt from the new hole to cover the shit in the old hole. Yes, we used a Sears Catalog for paper. Rural Southern US, pre - 1970.
Yea born in the mts of Virginia in 1955.
My aunts house had electrical lines tacked on the walls because the house was to old to run the lines inside the walls.
@@denisemiles1787 one house we lived in didn't have power at all. As of 10 years ago it still didn't, Course it's right off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County VA
Makes me cry and goose bumps… my grandfather was there for D1… he proudly served his country
As a life long musician, the first thing my high school band teacher ever told us about this song was that he was inspired to write it from witnessing the battle outside of his prison cell in Fort McHenry.
Hell of a tale mate
They used hollow cannonballs packed with gun powder that’s what he’s talking about wen he said bombs 💣
We just inherited an American Flag, that was on my husband's uncle's coffin. He passed in The Vietnam war. He jumped on a grenade, to save his group ❣️😇❣️. I have no idea what I would have done. But that was SOOO BRAVE!
They exaggerated, there were hundreds of guns, not ships, it was military fort also.
All those other non Military forts will get it confusing for sure 😂😂
@@jpgcne Grin, chuckle, chortle, laugh, and even guffaw. Good one.
So what!! It was full of civilians too.
@@ljayeweareeveryone.8636 No, it really wasn't full of civilians, but there were a few. It was the primary fort for the area, not a civil defense shelter. Sorry if this comes through twice, but my first attempt doesn't seem to be showing up.
You are wrong. The British Royal nave had 240 ships. About half of them were in the Americas fighting in the Revolutionary War.
Yes Adam this version is theatrical. Nineteen ships but each ship had over 100 guns/cannons. The British navy totaled 250 ships of all sizes.
However, it is also true that the limeys were able to direct more military resources at us because they had been in conflict with France due to Napoleon but that had been resolved so their focus was then on us, and it is also true that if they had broken through Fort McHenry then they would have been able to plow through the rest of America and the fragile flicker of America in its infancy would have been extinguished, so the fact that the fort fought so hard to keep them at bay and succeeded against a huge military array is still a pivotal event.
@@marksmith4892
Yep…..
That is an important part of history that is sometimes (or most times) overlooked.
It wasn’t just another battle in a war.
Washington had already been sacked and the president and government had to flee. The British then moved on Baltimore about 60 miles away.
The Americans were able to fight a delaying action to prepare defenses as the British were about to attack Baltimore from the sea with bombardment from naval artillery and from a frontal assault on land by infantry and artillery.
All they had to do was capture Fort McHenry and then surround Baltimore from land and sea. “All”…..
Certainly this was not the remnants of the American Army and Andrew Jackson was soon to deal a crushing defeat to the British at the Battle of New Orleans but the loss of Baltimore and Washington in short order would have dealt a serious blow to America.
This part is not historically accurate but I’m sure that some may have felt that was after Washington fell. I call it the last stand of the USA. Was it really? Probably not but I kind of feel like the some of the Americans defending Baltimore and Fort McHenry had to feel some desperation…. This is it boys! Here is where we draw the line!!
The ships didnt have hundreds of guns each though, most usually had at most about 24. Some had more, but never did any of them have hundreds. But thats still a LOT of firepower.
@@dalehammers4425
….. and weight!
Hollow cannonball filled with gun powder and fuse, explodes upon impact
Yeah, the story in this video has a ton of embellishments and historical inaccuracies, The mentioned fort is not Fort Henry {which is inland in Tennessee} but the actual fort name was Fort McHenry on the Baltimore harbor in Maryland. There was about 20 British warships involved. There was only a small number of Americans killed in this battle. The premise of the story is true.
250 ships in the British navy at that time, Google it
Brings tears to Yours eyes..
It really would!
I agree with everything that guy said except at 3:43 regarding the entire British Navy. I only say that because at that time Britain had the largest Navy fleet in the world right beside France and if they brought their entire fleet here in one location we would be singing God Save The Queen at every sport game and flying a British flag above the White House right now. What happened is Britain was at war with France at the same time and their navy fleet was scattered everywhere in the Atlantic from France, parts of Africa, the Caribbean, parts of South America, and here in North America.
Trust the French.
Why was it that the sun never set on the British empire ?...because the almighty dared not be alone in the dark with them ! ........
Well it would be God Save the King now that The Queen Is Dead but yes.
Man I think your Videos are COOL! YOU'RE ONE OF THE CHANNELS I LOOK FORWARD TOO! THANK YOU FOR SHARING SO MUCH KEEPING ME ENTERTAINED! NATO STRONG! I watched a Reaction to this the other day and AGAIN I'LL BE STANDING WITH A HAND OVER MY HEART LIKE I WAS TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A LONG TIME AGO USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT, THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE! FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE, BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This version is not the most historically accurate. But the battle is real, and it was a real functioning fort.
Since we’ve been sold fictional history, as far back as you can imagine, I suppose all history truly is HIS-Story.
LOVE THE DANCING CARROTS IN THE BACK GROUND.
Funny. At first, I couldn’t stop watching them 😎
You have to remember... when it comes to this video it does not claim to be accurate. It is just the Star Spangled Banner as you've never heard before. It is an emotional telling of the story behind the creation of the song. Just as movies do when telling a historical story.
Ah, gotcha, thank you!
@@MoreAdamCouser No, that's not correct. It's a falsification of history, as told by religious fundamentalists, to push a far-right agenda. Every historian of merit has torn this video to shreds.
Best explanation I have seen so far. The timing of the propaganda says a lot as well. Giving credit where credit is due, the USA is very good when it comes to entertainment. 👏
Along the same theme and timeline of American history, if you haven't checked it out already, I suggest ruclips.net/video/50_iRIcxsz0/видео.html 😁
In what way is it historically inaccurate? Everyone who says this never seems to know how. And if they do it is just as much of theory as anything else.
@@bigbabolat The ship count is a massive inaccuracy. It is over embellished in many areas.
I always get very emotional when I hear our National Anthem. But this version brings me to my knees! I am a proud American and patriot!
This was in the 1800. They were shooting rockets and bombs. The cannon balls were basically metal balls filled with gunpowder with a fuse. The explosion that launched the canon ball also lit the fuse and by the time the fuse lit the gunpowder inside the cannon ball that ball would be right over its target. Raining hot metal shrapnel all over and destroying everything in site. And yes, there were literally HUNDREDS of ships in the British Navy by then.
The replica flag was huge. Went there in kindergarten and held it with a few bus loads of kids as we got the history lesson. It’s a great place to visit , been there more times than I can remember. The Walters art gallery had the poem displayed on the wall behind glass. I think it’s 4 stanzas long.
I'm more preferential to the "Ragged Old Flag" song by Johnny Cash. Several years ago, there was a Super Bowl presentation of this song that was phenomenal.
The reason for the explosions was because not all cannonballs were solid. At this point, many had fuses and gunpowder inside, which caused them to explode, making them far more deadly.
The British Fleet in 1812 had over 600 Ships of the Line. But of course not all were fighting against the US at the time.
Got this from Google
Nearly 800 vessels were commissioned as privateers and are credited with capturing or destroying about 600 British ships. Vessels of every size and description were pressed into service as privateers. At the upper end of the scale was the 600-ton, 26-gun ship Caesar of Boston.
that is why we respect our flag so much because of the people that gave their lives for the idea of a free land...
My family were Irish, Welsh and Scottish immigrants, but they loved America. They served in the Military starting with the Civil War. My dad flew an American Flag until his health prevented him from doing it. His last American flag was on his casket and presented to his oldest child, my brother.
The British had around 250 at the start of the revolution that number double by the end of AMERICAN revolution.
The Cannon was first loaded with powder followed by paper or cloth than ball. The light was caused by burning of the material that was used when loading the cannons
The UK had over 250 naval vessels around the time of Battle of Baltimore/Fort McHenry. The admiral told Francis Scott Key that it was the entire war fleet of the British navy, which would have been hundreds if true. However, that was just an attempt to scare the United States into submission, as it was actually only 19 ships of the British navy that assaulted Fort McHenry.
So the video you just watched is accurate in that regard.
Nineteen Boars w 500 British soldiers, Fort McHenry in Baltimore, The flag was standing because me died holding it up. The nuns taught us this many decades ago when I was in grammar school. They made us stand and place our hands on our hearts when the Anthem was played and when we Said the Pledge of Alligence to the Flag. Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that became the National Anthem. The shredded flag is in the Smithsonium Institute.
Cannon balls back in this time had powder and a fuse inside of them. The act of firing the cannon started a fuse which could be manipulated in a way which let them make it blow up after a certain amount of time.
It IS indeed a true story, the Americas HELD up that flag by hand.... Frances Scott Key was there and did write the Banner
What I love is that our cultures (USA/Britain) are so intertwined.
I believe someone in another video said the admiral old him it was hundreds of ships to scare them but it was actually a lot less
cannon balls of this era had gun powder inside them . They blew up . The cannon balls had a fuse that was lit by the powder that ignites and fires the cannon ball
The first video you saw is more accurate. This one is embellished. The important points are still relevant. There was a battle. The flag never touched the ground. It has been lifted up by generations of people who gave their lives to keep us free.
5:55 Cannon technology evolved.
Shells went from balls of steel to basically Acme/Bomberman style Bombs. Light the fuse, fire, and they explode into shrapnel.
We also fold the flag for fallen service men and women and present it to their families. You might want to watch a burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. It touches your soul.
The black powder used back then gave off a spark (or fire).
( Pssst.... Black powder still does that to this very day!)
@@Ottawajames yes but black powder isn't sitting open inside an howitzer cannon or in the chamber of a gun like back then now is it.
@@indieauthorjasonblayne7511black powder isn't even used in modern ammunition or weapons systems. Most small arms ammo uses cordite.
The U.S. flag is also called the Star Spangled Banner just like the British flag is called the Union Jack.
The "bombs bursting in air" were canon balls (antipersonnel, I believe) which exploded during flight.
Then the red glare of the rockets was from their propulsion..
And of course every canon that fired had flame belch out of her muzzle; that's just an aspect of those kinds of artillery back then.
The British around 240 royal navy ships during the American Revolutionary War!
No one mess with the USA. Thank you for playing this Adam. I am proud of the USA. I am a Texan.
The "rockets" referred to are a technology that the British got from India. They were basically giant military grade bottle rockets. They were about as accurate as a bottle rocket, too, but had the advantage of being lighter and more portable than a cannon. You could transport many more of them and maneuver them around much more quickly and easily. Yeah it wouldn't be too hard to have enough of these on one boat to shoot all night.
The "bombs" might have been a type of hollow cannon ball called a carcass. It would be filled with black powder and was designed to explode on impact. If it burst in the air it would have been a misfire, though it would still shower the immediate area with brass shrapnel.
In the last 120 years or so we've come light years in weapons technology compared to the 1800s.
It’s actually one of the hardest songs to sing because of the complete range of the song and this singer does such a beautiful job! Sorry to snap about the anthem. I’m just still mine bended right now.
It gives you an idea on why we’re so obsessed with our flag. We are taught to be patriotic at a young age and then you learn about this in school and it just solidifies what you’ve been told growing up
There were 21 ships of the line and 5 mortar ships. For the whole story read "By The Dawn's Early Light " for the full story of the sacking of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
This is pretty accurate with a good story teller
The fireballs he's talking about is the black powder when it's lit to blow the cannon ball
Great reaction video, I love this video when people react to it.
Funny as an American I asked the same questions..100's of warships?? Cannon balls?? Are they exaggerated?? I get your point..I'm a follower by the way
Thanks mate!
Google it, 250 war ships owned by Britain, cannon balls filled with gun powder
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Paul Harvey. Especially his "If I were the devil" speech . It's on YT. Over 50 years ago, and he knew EXACTLY what "they" would do to destroy the country.
I'm in Florida. And this means so much to me.
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On the number of ships, both stories are correct. There were only 18 or so "gun ships", but there were well over a hundred total ships. Some for supplies, some for messages, etc.
This story was written years ago; I remember it from when I was younger… the basic story is correct and much of it is accurate but as far as number of ships it’s a matter of perspective at the time of composition. Kind of like when a 5 yr old draws his house, the door knob is wayyy up on the door. That’s because of his perspective at the time. The core of the story is right but it’s meant to advise one’s patriotism and understanding of how hard the colonists fought against British rule to be self governing.
Hundreds of little dots doesn't necessarily equate to hundreds of ships. The general accounting of the battle of Fort McHenry has the British Navy attacking with 17 ships. That being said, if you consider 17 ships with a full compliment of crew, masts, and so on it would be hundreds of "dots." There is a reason I have the flag on my body, my entire family all the way back since we first came over from Ireland have all defended the country and the flag that represents it. As far as the sky being lit up, there was more than just cannon fire. Naval rockets had been a thing for a little while by then along with naval bomb launchers.
Nope google it
I thought it was 19. But, how many cannons per ship and other measures in place?
The song has four versus,
But most only know the
first versus because they
are only taught the first one
Adam, you should actually come to america and tour fort McHenry in Baltimore Maryland. It's a surreal experience to see the still evident damage from the war. Plus the flag is an awesome sight. it's massive!
The big British ships couldn't get close due to the shallow waters, so the bombardment was by the smaller ships of the fleet. The bombardment continued for 27 hours.
there were several types of cannon balls for different strategies, as far as "bombs" yes, mortars were hollow cannon balls filled with explosives and shrapnel. Carcasses were a incendiary cannon ball, filled with various ingredients such as pitch, antimony, sulfur, saltpeter, tallow and venetian turpentine. It was ignited by the cannon's propellant charge, bursting on impact with the target and releasing noxious fumes while setting fire to its surroundings. Rockets were a common device used to illuminate the nighttime battle area - hence "and the rockets red glare"... one of the bigger reasons for the War of 1812 was the English were blocking trade routes and taking American sailors and imprisoning them on their ships as slaves, America was young and struggling to become a "Country" so the theft of trade goods and personnel was critical...Though Britain was willing to release from service anyone who could establish their American citizenship, the process often took years while the men in question remained impressed in the British Navy. However, from 1793 to 1812 up to 15,000 Americans had been impressed by the Royal Navy, while many appeals for release were simply ignored or dismissed for other reasons. There were sixteen ships, including 5 bomb ships at Fort Mchenry. The Royal Navy had about 80 ships in American waters before the War and i think i read once there were around 130 Royal ships here during the War, America had a total of 16...
I, as a 60 year old American, never knew the story either. I never knew why we don’t allow the flag to touch the ground until I started seeing reaction videos to this story. I just always assumed we don’t let it touch the ground out of respect for the flag. But after seeing the video for the first time, I have so much more respect and understanding of not touching the ground.
Keep in mind the video makes it sound like this takes place during the war for independence. But it was well after and ni longer colonies. For us this was The War of 1812, for y'all this happened during The Napoleonic Wars. The U.S. tried to stay out of it and tried to keep trading with you both, and neither of you liked it much. I think both of you even hired "privateers" (sanctioned pirates) to attack our commerce ships.
British war 1812 ships that were used was no more than 20. But making it sound like hundreds is awesome.
There's probably no way to ever know the accurate numbers. But the gist of the story is true.
Get ready to hear that song a lot at the olympics in paris this summer
Adam makes the best videos 💚💚💚💚
I was literally watching one of your vids and then right after I saw this pop up xD
crazy part is it was your other star spangled banner video
Love this, thanks man!
god bless.
Nothing wrong with loving your country and a lot right with it.
I'll respect anyone who loves their country over someone who puts their homeland down.
Its a matter of pride and thus goodwill to others who will not quiver and back down
Very emotional 😢 goosebumps.
I loved your reaction and can see the respect that you showed. More than some of my own brethren! I do not expect you to know this, but it disrespectful to pause that song. I am aware that you probably didn’t think of that, and my word’s are meant to only educate and not to be unkind or disrespectful towards you. Thank you for your reaction, it was great to watch.
The cannon balls is like a large grenade. Once fired the fuse lite and after so long it would explode
'Murrkah does have a pretty good anthem, I'll give them that.
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I'm pretty sure this was originally a church sermon, so he was trying to retell the story he's been taught with as much emotion possible but yes there are some historical inaccuracies.
"some historical inaccuracies" - that's a huge understatement, from a historical perspective, it's a work of pure fiction
@@Marcel_Audubon I was being nice ☺️
Got to hear this played, over the public address system, if I was driving home from work, any afternoon I was a half our late ... at my USAF base, for 22 years ;-)
How the cannons and muskets lit up the sky that was once dark was because of the fireball from the gun powder that was not lit yet until it left the barrel
According to Google: The attack began when the British fleet of some nineteen ships began bombarding the fort with rockets and mortar shells. This continued for the next 27 hours.
I couldn't keep a straight face with the song and the dancing vegetables in the background
"I will die on my feet before I will die on my knees" in service to a foreign power, the Flag will never touch the ground in my presence so long as I have the strength to hold it up high and proudly.
Much love
I know Britain had hundreds of ships of all sizes at the time. They were the biggest navy in the world. I don’t know how many they used on the fort, but they had a lot to choose from.😞❤️🐝
I got goosebumps as well ❤
Love that!
The previous video is more accurate but this one is more emotional. Because it better details places, names, events, and the timeline in the prior one where as this one is very unclear on that and plays more to the event while exagerating things like casualties to make you feel more sorrow and patriotism.