Battle of Baltimore Navy inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which later became the lyrics for "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States of America. Future President James Buchanan served as Private in the defense of Baltimore. Until April 1814, Great Britain was at war with Napoleonic France, which limited British war aims in America. During this time the British primarily used a defensive strategy and repelled American invasions of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. However, the Americans gained naval control over Lake Erie in 1813, and seized parts of western Ontario.
The Star-Spangled Banner at the end of their version of "Train Kept A-Rollin'" on the "Rockin' the Joint" album. The band Boston gave an instrumental rock rendition of the anthem on their "Greatest Hits" album. The band Crush 40 made a version of the song as opening track from the album "Thrill of the Feel" (2000). In March 2005, a government-sponsored program, the National Anthem Project, was launched after a Harris Interactive poll showed many adults knew neither the lyrics nor the history of the anthem. Eighteen years after Key's death, and in indignation over the start of the American Civil War, Oliver