THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER · 4/8/2014 · -Spangled Banner” was officially made the national...
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THE STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER
HISTORY AND WORDS
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History of the song
• On Sept. 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key
visited the British Navy off the shore of Baltimore, Maryland
to release of Dr. William Beanes, an American,
who had been captured after the burning
of Washington, DC.
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History of the song (cont.)
• Key stayed on ship overnight during the bombing of Fort
McHenry, one of the forts defending Baltimore.
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History of the song (cont).
Bombing
of
Ft.
McHenry
Sept. 13,
1813
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History of the Song (cont). • In the morning, September 14, 1813, he was so happy to
see the American flag still flying over the fort that he
wrote a poem to celebrate the occasion.
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History of the song (cont).
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History of the song (cont). “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially
made the national anthem by Congress in
1931, although it already had been
adopted as such by the army and the
navy.
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• O say, can you see, by the dawn's early
light,
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's
last gleaming?
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
through the perilous fight,
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• O'er the ramparts we watched, were so
gallantly streaming?
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• And the rockets' red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• Gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there.
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• O say, does that star-spangled banner yet
wave
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Words to the Star-Spangled
Banner
• O'er the land of the free and the home of
the brave?