Super User A-Jay Posted September 14, 2014 Super User Posted September 14, 2014 September 14, 2014 marks The 200th Anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner As Francis Scott Key watched the smoke clear and the sun rise above Baltimore’s Fort McHenry after witnessing its bombardment by British naval ships during the final months of the War of 1812, he had every expectation of seeing a white flag of surrender. To his surprise, he saw the tattered, but still flying, remains of an oversized American flag that had been commissioned just months earlier by the fort’s commander Major George Armistead. Key was so moved by the by sight of the flag and by the Americans’ protection of their fort that he penned the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” That poem, eventually set to music and renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” became the national anthem of the United States of America. A-Jay 5 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted September 14, 2014 Super User Posted September 14, 2014 Nice! Believe it or not, I heard something a bit more vague on BBC radio... Go figure... Quote
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