After the British failed to capture Baltimore they sailed the Chesapeake Bay bombarding towns along the way. One of the towns, St. Michael’s hung lanterns high in the trees. When the British bombarded at night they missed town by firing pover it.
When the British bombarded at night they missed town by firing pover it.
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Not completely. There was a hit on a house in St. Michaels, now known as the Cannonball House.
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