"Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory."
Trump's first error was that the continental army was named after the Continental Congress and not Washington - who did serve as commander in chief.
But listeners were quick to point out the bigger mistake - that air travel didn't occur in the US until the 1900s. The Wright brothers, whom Trump praised earlier in his speech, are credited with flying the world's first plane in 1903.
This was not the only historical confusion. The battle of Fort McHenry occurred during the war of 1812, and not the earlier American revolutionary war, and the phrase "under the rockets' red glare" is generally associated with the 1812 conflict as well.
People quickly shared clips of the video and criticised Trump's error.
"Trump just said the army took over the airports during the Revolutionary War. That's, um, 127 years before the airplane was invented, one Twitter user wrote.
Kendally Brown added: "LOL Trump just said the army took over the airports during the Battle of Valley Forge, more than 120 years before the first air flight."
Other users shared funny memes and gifs of early planes in history.
Another user said: "Trump's memory of the War Of 1812, you know with airports and airplanes!? Wow."
