Janie Meneely, a songwriter, wrote a poem some years back on Grandma Polly, a true story from the Radcliffe clan, and Senator from Maryland describing their feisty relative. Apparently, Grandma Polly was upset when she found out the British commandeered the family merchant vessel and took her husband with it.

Thirty One Days of Terror, with the British Invasion of Chesapeake Bay lead Francis Scott Key to create our National anthem.