PRESIDENT’S WEEKEND FURNITURE SALE
FRIDAY-MONDAY • FEBRUARY 13-16
15 + 5 SALE
All Furnishings are 15% Off Regular Price PLUS, You Save an Additional 5% When you pay by Cash, Check or Credit Card. Discounts Applied to In-Stock and Custom Order Purchases.
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WARS, PART ONE (continued): • Most of the War of 1812’s battles took place along the U.S./Canada border, with a few occurring on the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast. The words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” were written during this war, as a 35-year-old lawyer named Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. After a long night of brutal fighting, Key observed the flag still flying above the Fort. The 42 ft. x 30 ft. banner was the largest in the nation at that time. That flag is on display at the Smithsonian Institute today. • In August, 1814, British troops set fire to the White House in retaliation for the U.S. attack on the city of York, Ontario, Canada. President James Madison and his wife Dolley had already abandoned their home, fleeing to safety in Maryland, leaving behind all their personal belongings. Dolley was credited with saving a full-length portrait of George Washington before their escape. • On the day after the British set fire to the White House, the Capitol, and other federal buildings, a tremendous storm and freak tornado hit Washington, D.C., putting out the fires. Oddly enough, debris from the tornado killed more British soldiers than were killed by Americans with their guns during the Washington fighting. The Madisons lived the remainder of his term in Washington, D.C.’s Octagon House. The reconstructed White House was not completed until 1817.
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• The well-known saying “Don’t give up the ship!” had its origins during the War of 1812. Captain James Lawrence of the U.S.S. Chesapeake shouted his last words as the ship was overtaken by the British ship HMS Shannon in 1813. Lawrence’s final words became the battle cry for sailors for generations to come.