Three Unforgettable Sounds from the War of 1812

From the June 4, 2015, Lebanon Daily News by Bruce Kauffman.

1.  Anything from that poem, later set to music, from amateur poet Francis Scott Key, but especially "Oh Say Can You See."

2.  "Don't Give Up the Ship"  spoken by James Lawrence in the battle between the USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon.

3.  "We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Ours" written by Oliver Hazard Perry after the victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.  He flew the words of #2 from his flagship the USS Lawrence.

--Brock-Perry