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To: SaxxonWoods
Yes, I'm aware some info isn't exactly right.

Indeed, "some" of the info isn't exactly right. In fact, the video is wildly inaccurate.

For one thing, the narrator refers to the US as “the colonies,” but by 1814, the US had been independent for 38 years. He refers to Fort McHenry as “Fort Henry.” He claims that Francis Scott Key was negotiating for the release of prisoners, but he wasn't. The British issued no ultimatum demanding that “the colonies” surrender.

There were about a thousand soldiers in the fort but only a few women, one of whom was killed, and no children. The British fleet consisted of 19 ships—not “hundreds.” Only three soldiers and a civilian were killed in Fort McHenry. One British sailor was wounded by a direct hit on a British rocket cruiser.

7 posted on 03/10/2026 4:44:13 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

But it was a nice story as the ocean fog blew in on the northern chesapeake bay. overland about 50 miles of it.


10 posted on 03/10/2026 5:04:17 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Fiji Hill

Why is thing still up with its original narration? One could keep the graphics and change the wording to make it accurate. And, then, you have people reposting it. Why? 🤷🏻‍♂️


12 posted on 03/10/2026 5:12:19 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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