dr. william beanes, he lived in upper marlboro. as the british were moving through his town, a few british stragglers decided to raid his penthouse and create mischief in the town. perhaps they wanted to desert from the british or there were only supplementing their rations with local poultry. dr. william beanes' a feisty man 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. beanes 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. 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 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

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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 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