The Star Spangled Banner
and the American Flag. Both are key components of patriotic Americans
and both are glorified in these short films showing performances
of the Star Spangled banner and a moving story about our Flag.
A bit of history on the
Star Spangled Banner. ?The Star-Spangled Banner? is the
national anthem of the United States of America, with lyrics written
in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur
poet, wrote them as a poem after witnessing the bombardment of Fort
McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, by British ships in Chesapeake Bay
during the War of 1812.
The song is
to the tune of ?To Anacreon in Heaven,? a popular British
drinking song. The song became well-known as an American patriotic
song. With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being
notoriously difficult to sing. It was recognized for official use
by the United States Navy (1889) and the White House (1916), and
was made the national anthem by a Congressional resolution on 3
March 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 USC 301). Although the
song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today.
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