From the June 4, 2015, Lebanon Daily News by Bruce Kauffmann.
1. Francis Scott Key and that poem of his, later set to music.
2. "Don't Give Up the Ship" Spoken by James Lawrence in the battle of the USS Chesapeake vs. HMS Shannon.
3. Oliver Hazard Perry "Don't Give Up the Ship" flag at the Battle of Lake Erie and "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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