Hi everybody. Today! Bye, mommy! It's going to talk about names. Let's listen. Thank you, Noah, for introducing James Madison, the fourth president of the United States. James Madison had a lot in common with the previous president, Thomas Jefferson.

Both were born in Virginia.

Both served two terms as president.

Both became president at the age of 57, and both presidents were Democratic Republicans.

James Madison served as the Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson and defeated federalist George Picney and DeWitt Clinton in 1808 and 1812, and neither of those elections were close.

James Madison was our smallest president at a height of just five feet, four inches, and a weight of about a hundred

pounds, but his impact on the birth of our country was a big one, as he was a founding father

and he was the author of what would eventually become the Bill of Rights or the first ten

amendments to the Constitution. When Madison took office, the war in Europe was still going,

and there was increasing pressure for the United States to get involved. Madison tried a non-aggressive

approach at first, but it was unsuccessful, and in June, 1812, the United States declared war on

Great Britain. The War of 1812. The War of 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain. The War of 1812.

The war actually lasted almost three years, and although neither side won the war, the United States

felt victorious because they were able to defend themselves and stand up to one of the

strongest countries in the world.

Two really interesting things happened during the war of 1812.

First, a United States soldier by the name of Francis Scott Key witnessed the events that took place during the Battle of Fort McHenry.

He noticed a very large American flag, 30 by 42 feet, flying over the fort before

British ships bombed the fort on September 14, 1814. The bombing continued for 24 hours,

and after the battle ended, he checked on the status of Fort McHenry and saw the flag still waving.

He wrote a poem called The Defense of Fort McHenry about the battle, and the poem was published in the newspaper.

The poem was renamed the Star-Spangled Banner the following year and was officially recognized as the National Anthem 117 years after it was written in the

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