dr. beanes was putting up a front. they saw him as breaking his word as a gentleman. and the british went and took him down to the fleet. this news spread like wildfire. dr. william beanes was a leading citizen. he was also a civilian. and while it was considered normal for both sides to apprehend sailors and soldiers as prisoners, taking civilians as a prisoner was seen as not really part of what the war was about. something out of the ordinary. and so, the federal government sends john skinner, the prisoner of war exchange agent, to try to negotiate the release. however, beanes had a friend in francis scott key. francis scott key receives word of dr. beanes being apprehended, and he volunteers to negotiate the release. i have a lot of respect for key. first, he volunteered to do it. second, when he volunteered, who knows how long the negotiation process would take? if the british took one civilian prisoner, who is to say that key might not be the next? he left behind a wife and six children. key left behind a law practice that was not doing very well. in 1814, key wa

dr. william beans. e live in a town called upper marlboro, which isn't too far away from washington, d.c. british were moving through his town, a few british raid his decided to hen house and create mischief in to , perhaps they wanted dessert from the british or perhaps they were supplementing heir rations with some local poultry. however, dr. william beans, a a few man in his 70s took of them prisoner. but one of them managed to scape and reported this to the british high command. nly days prior as the british add vaned to upper marlboro, dr. illiam beans put on a phenomenal act saying he was educated in great britain, which he may have been. given the illusion that his sentiments tend to lean more with the british and not the americans in spite of where he was living. to ver, this report seemed indicate dr. beans was putting up a front. the british were angry. misrepresenting himself or perhaps even worse, reaking his word as a gentleman. and the british went and took him risoner and brought down to

arrested by the british and takenute-- taken out on board the british flags ship i. >> stephen: so dr. beans on the british ship. >> he was. >> stephen: and did they get him back? >> they did. >> stephen: they would have said no beans. how did key manage to write the star spangled banner when you know he had his hand over his heart. do you know when he put our hand over our heart? >> we used to pledge allegiance to the flag going like this. >> stephen: wow. why on earth did that stop? >> it was the like a rolling salute, you know. the hand over the heart, when the song was sung, really began during word war one. >> stephen: do you have a favorite version? because there have been a lot of controversial versions of the star spangled banner. rosanne bar, jimi hendrix of woodstock played it. >> yup, yup. >> stephen: do you have a version you particularly love? >> you know, there's no official version. any way they play it and sing it is already lrt with me. it can be sung in spanish. can be sung in polish. >> stephen: don't you dare! you take that back. you take that back, sir. >> live where spa

, he has all these great arguments that the americans have come up to for why dr. beansd but what convinces general ross are these letters that key has brought with him from british brought withy including colonel thornton attesting to this wonderful care they're getting from the americans and on that basis alone key -- ross decides to free dr. beans so this plays a key role in the whole mission of the star spangled banner. thornton himself, there's an exchange in october and thornton nearly killed at bladensburg plays a critical role down in new orleans. he's released in the chesapeake bay exchange. he joins the attack on new orleans and he almost turns around that attack for the british. he leads the attack on the opposite bank of the@l mississi that goes pretty well for the british but then is called off because they have suffered too much on the other g=#xside, so remarkable. thornton despite his wounds ends up playing a big role in new orleans. >> next question. thank you. anybody? yes, right here. in front. yes, sir? we'll get the mike to you. >> president madison

, he has all these great arguments that the americans have come up to for why dr. beansre these letters that key has brought with him from british brought withy including colonel thornton attesting to this wonderful care they're getting from the americans and on that basis alone key -- ross decides to free dr. beans so this plays a key role in the whole mission of the star spangled banner. thornton himself, there's an exchange in october and thornton nearly killed at bladensburg plays a critical role down in new orleans. he's released in the chesapeake bay exchange. he joins the attack on new orleans and he almost turns around that attack for the british. he leads the attack on the opposite bank of the@l mississi that goes pretty well for the british but then is called off because they have suffered too much on the other g=#xside, so remarkable. thornton despite his wounds ends up playing a big role in new orleans. >> next question. thank you. anybody? yes, right here. in front. yes, sir? we'll get the mike to you. >> president madison is there and i heard people talk a

, he has all these great arguments that the americans have come up to for why dr. beansletters that key has brought with him from british brought withy including colonel thornton attesting to this wonderful care they're getting from the americans and on that basis alone key -- ross decides to free dr. beans so this plays a key role in the whole mission of the star spangled banner. thornton himself, there's an exchange in october and thornton nearly killed at bladensburg plays a critical role down in new orleans. he's released in the chesapeake bay exchange. he joins the attack on new orleans and he almost turns around that attack for the british. he leads the attack on the opposite bank of the@l mississi that goes pretty well for the british but then is called off because they have suffered too much on the other g=#xside, so remarkable. thornton despite his wounds ends up playing a big role in new orleans. >> next question. thank you. anybody? yes, right here. in front. yes, sir? we'll get the mike to you. >> president madison is there and i heard people talk about he l

and on that basis alone, ross decides to free dr. beans. so this plays a keel role in the whole mission leading the "star-spangled banner." thornton himself, there's an exchange in october and thornton who is nearly killed at bladensburg plays a critical asi role down inn new orleans.hesapk he's released in the chesapeake bay exchange, ends up joining the attack on new orleans and he almost turns around that attack for the british. attack on the b opposite bank of the mississippi that goesbeca pretty well for t british but then is called off because they've suffered too tho much on the other side. so it's remarkable.in thornton decembspite his woundss up playing a big role in new ti orleans. >> next question. thank you.ons anybody? >> right here in front. >> my question relates to president madison.of he's out there. in several weeks people talk about hetil looks like he was i lot through theon entire bat of bladensburg until barney gets th wounded and then he leaves.rn or question is, do we have any evidence that the british, did coburndis

dr. william beane. i invited you to follow the drum corps down to see that.l be a procession of sail as other saluting ships come in and the presidential salute battery will fire a 21-gun salute in honor of the national anthem and old glory. [applause] [drum roll] [music] >> you are watching "american history tv" all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-spanhistory. commission onnt's the assassination of president kennedy, also known as the warren commission, was established by lyndon b. johnson, and chaired by earl warren. the commission issued its report in september, 1964, 50 years ago this month. the report concluded that lee harvey oswald acted alone when president kennedy and jack ruby acted alone when he killed lee harvey oswald. next five people that serve as consular staff described the investigation. they detailed their interactions with oswald's family, russian and cuban officials, and various intelligence agencies. the form was held at southern methodist university in dallas last fall. it is a littl

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dr. william beans, he lived in upper marlborough. as the british were moving through his town, a lofew british stragglers decided to raid his henhouse and create mischief in the town. perhaps they wanted to desert from the british or there were only supplementing their rations with local poultry. a feisty maneene's in his 70's it took a few of them prisoner. one of them managed to escape and reported this to the british high command. only days as the british advance to upper marlboro, dr. beene's pretended he was pro-british, saying he was educated in great britain, which he may have been, but certainly giving the illusion that his sentiments tended to lean more with the british and not with the americans in spite of where he was living. however, this seemed to indicate that dr. beene's was putting up a front. they saw him as breaking his word is a gentleman. and the british went and took him down to the fleet. this news spread like wildfire. beene's was a leading citizen. he was also a civilian. and while it was considered normal fo

dr. william beane. i invited you to follow the drum corps down to see that.l as other saluting ships come in and the presidential salute battery will fire a 21-gun salute in honor of the national anthem and old glory. [applause] [drum roll] [music] [drum roll] [drum roll] [music] >>> the 200th anniversary of the star-spangled banner. we saw the tall ships, including the pride of baltimore ii. tonight at 6:00 eastern, we'll have more from fort mchenry and the war of 1812 beginning with american artifacts and for more about the war and all of our american history programming. you can check out our website c-span.org/history. you can also connect with us on facebook and follow us on twitter @c-span history. >> last night vice president biden was at the fort along with maryland governor martin o'malley. >> governor, thank you for the introduction. although i can't fir row, i understand my friend paul sarbanes is down there and the delegation and barbara mccolski. it is a delight to be here. i only have one regret tonight, i'm so flattered to be invited, but my fa

dr. william beans and they took him away on board key got president madison's permission to board the britishis friend's release. but when he boarded the ship, the british commander said, oh no, both of you now know our target. you know the strength of our forces. you know our morale. once we have captured baltimore, we'll release you. that was how francis scott key came to witness what happened next. at sunset, he had seen this gigantic flag flying over fort mchenry. what so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming. 24 feet by 42 feet and raised there over the fort by the fort's commander major george arm stead. and he was in active of defiance. he was saying if you want baltimore, you first have to lower this flag. that's how key got to see what was happening and he paced the deck of his ship in the darkness hoping the explosions would continue because if there was silence, it might mean the fort capitulated but in the darkness before dawn there was a lull in the firing. and key didn't know whether it's a signaled submission by did fort or whether the british imposed a cease-fire. gr

dr. william beans and they took him away on board key got president madison's permission to board the british for his friend's release. but when he boarded the ship, the british commander said, oh no, both of you now know our target. you know the strength of our forces. you know our morale. once we have captured baltimore, we'll release you. that was how francis scott key came to witness what happened next. at sunset, he had seen this gigantic flag flying over fort mchenry. what so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming. 24 feet by 42 feet and raised there over the fort by the fort's commander major george arm stead. and he was in active of defiance. he was saying if you want baltimore, you first have to lower this flag. that's how key got to see what was happening and he paced the deck of his ship in the darkness hoping the explosions would continue because if there was silence, it might mean the fort capitulated but in the darkness before dawn there was a lull in the firing. and key didn't know whether it's a signaled submission by did fort or whether the british imposed a cease-fi

dr. william beans and they took him away on board a ship as a hostage.y got president madison's permission to board the british ships and plead for his friend's release. but when he boarded the ship, the british commander said, oh no, both of you now know our target. you know the strength of our forces. you know our morale. once we have captured baltimore, we'll release you. that was how francis scott key came to witness what happened next. at sunset, he had seen this gigantic flag flying over fort mchenry. what so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming. it was 42 feet by 30 feet and had been raised there over the fort by the fort's commander, miningor george armistead. and he was in active of defiance. he was saying if you want baltimore, you first have to lower this flag. that's how key got to see what was happening, and he paced the deck of his ship in the darkness hoping the explosions would continue because if there was silence, it might mean the fort capitulated but in the darkness before dawn there was a lull in the firing. and key didn't

dr. jekyll and mr. bean. no wonder everyone is confuse the. we have a goofus and gallant presidency, gallant with his pals and goofus with us, passive for his fans and passivity for the rest of us and with the world on fire our president isn't. as a defense he's as inspiring as a sewing cheerio, like watching someone take batting practice with a garden hose or teeing off with a rope or shooting pool with a butterfly net. selena gomez has more testosterone. at some point the president must admit we're under attack not by republicans or evil corporations but radical islam. it's not hobby lobby, hell-bent madmen but perhaps it's odd to consult external threats when you are taught threats are internal, an ideology cultivated by ayers and alibsky. like it or not, it's time to lead and not from behind. in a world where everyone is behind, not being in front makes you an ass. time to abandon your discomfort over american mother, you're not a unionist, not an community organizer. you're the president of the united states with critical role as leader o

dr. dre. this what it is. not the coffee, coffee beans. dr. dre. >> that's music.ning. >> now we figured it out. >>> the ultimate symbol of freedom, the car. nothing like hopping in and going for a ride. there's a new system to stop people from driving off with your car. >> lenders are using the device shutting off the engine if you are late on your car payments. gio benitez with more. >> reporter: forget the repo man driving off with cars on the big screen. now new technology is taking his place. small devices like these are being installed in more than a million cars across the country. allowing lenders and dealerships to remotely disable your car when you're late an a payment. dealership owner bubba hill in panama city, florida, uses passtime usa, one of the many devices flooding the market. he says it's good for the seller and buyer. >> some call it mom because it's forced them to do what they needed to do in the first place and mack their payment. -- make their payment. >> reporter: hill shows us how it works. lenders and dealerships can monitor customer payme