Dolly Madison First Lady during the War of 1812
Francis Scott Key a Georgetown lawyer who wrote the National Anthem aboard a truce ship following the bombardment of Fort McHenry
George Armistead Lt. Colonel in command of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore
James Madison President during the War of 1812
Joshua Barney and his Chesapeake Bay Flotilla
Mary Pickersgill made the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write what became the National Anthem
Peter Jennings, one of James Madison's slaves, helped Dolley Madison save government documents and Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington as the British prepared to burn Washington. to read his biography
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