With the War of 1812 raging, the British had already marched ... Key was aboard a ship in the harbor and squinted through smoke to see who had won, as the sun began to break.

"Uncle Sam was inspired by Troy, New York, meatpacker ‘Uncle’ Sam Wilson, who supplied troops with rations way back during the War of 1812," Uncle Sam Rounseville, a Boston-area realtor and ...