This post will have just a short story. I want to give myself room to let my readers know about a second blog that they might like to examine. It can be found at this website: www.warpeacetolerance_blogspot.com This blog is written by a mother whose son is serving in Iraq.
Now that I have mentioned a blog with very current stories, I would like to write yet another historical tale about the U.S. Marines. This second story takes place during the period that led up to the War of 1812.
As the Marines clashed with Red Coats on the border of the Unted States, a rumor passed from ear to ear among the residents of the nations’s capital. According to that rumor, the British planned to land at some point along the Chesapeake Bay.
Upon hearing that rumor, one squad of Marines took $25,000 from the Washington barracks and buried it on the Marine compound. That same squad then joined the forces that were meeting the British at Bloomsburg.
All the men who had helped to hide the money from the barracks were killed during the course of that Bloomsburg battle. Since they had not made a map of their hiding place, and since no survivor had seen them bury the money, the location of that $25,000 remains a mystery.
The above event took place before the British set most of Washington (except for the Marine Corps Commandant’s Quarters) aflame. They then attacked Fort McHenry. That attack led to the sighting of the Stars and Stripes above the Fort, and to the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
