dr. maguire, thank you for your leadership of the state party.ometimes, there is a truth, it is not how low you go, it is how high you balance. [applause] how high you bounce. so, tonight, i want to talk with all of you about the story of us, about all of us, the story of baltimore, and the story of iowa. the story of maryland, and the story of america. the story of us. and 200 years ago, in the war of 1812, the british had just taken washington, and had burned our public buildings to the ground. the capitol building and the white house. the people of my home city could see the glow from the flames in the skies to our south. now we knew that they were coming for us. amidst the ashes of washington the commanding british general at the time declared i am going to march on baltimore, and dine there. even then, we had great restaurants. [laughter] then he said, i am going to burn baltimore to the ground. our nation was not yet 40 years old. think about it. the american dream was facing extinction. imagine what we felt at that moment. anger, fear, dis

dr. maguire, thank you for your leadership of the state party.ometimes, you know there is a truth that it's not how low you go, it is how high you bounce. [applause] tonight, i wanted to talk with all of you tonight about the story of us, about all of us. about the story of baltimore and the story of iowa, about the story of maryland, and also the story of america. the story of us. 200 years ago in the war of 1812, the british had just taken washington, and they had burned our public buildings to the ground, the capital in the white house. we knew they were coming for us. amidst the ashes of washington the commanding british general of the time declared "i am going to march on baltimore and dine there." even then, we had great restaurants in boston. [laughter] then he said," then i'm going to burn baltimore to the ground." our nation was not yet 40 years old. think about it. the american dream was facing extinction. imagine what we felt at that moment anger fear, disbelief confidence shattered, trust gone. there are moments in the life of our cou