Critical Period + War of 1812

Useful links:

Battle of Fallen Timbers (Army Historical Foundation)

The War of 1812 (American Battlefield Trust)

Smithsonian Magazine, “Your Guide to the Three Weeks of 1814 that We Today Call the War of 1812

USS Constitution Museum website — why “Old Ironsides” was the ship to beat in 1812

More about the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, in September 1814 and Key’s poem that became today’s national anthem

The actual flag that Key wrote about is in the Smithsonian’s collection, btw

Battle of New Orleans: A Closer Look (28-minute video of a 2015 panel, featuring the governor of Louisiana and panel of historical experts, Louisiana Public Broadcasting)