"BROKEN PROMISES" SCOTTISH SOLDIERS in the 49th Foot, 1813-1814 It was dark. Private George Sutherland was nervous. Enemy positions were just a couple of miles south. But the young Scottish sentry was not worried about an American attack. He was afraid of being shot by his comrade. Coming on sentry duty, the other 49th Foot private Sutherland was to stand watch with made a dangerous proposal. He tried to entice the Scot to desert with him to the Americans. But Sutherland was loyal to “King and C

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2.2K views · 74 reactions | #OnThisDay in 1814, during the Battle of Baltimore, Francis Scott Key pens a poem originally titled, "The Defense of Fort McHenry" which would later be known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and become the national anthem in 1931. Watch more: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4679628/francis-scott-key-writing-star-spangled-banner | American History TV | Facebook

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