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The Star Spangled Banner
~ Bill Hughes ~

lyrics:

O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Whеre the foe’s haughty host in drеad silence reposes
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave

When our land is illumined with Liberty’s smile
If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory
Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile
The flag of her stars and the page of her story!
By the millions unchained, who our birthright have gained
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained!
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
While the land of the free is the home of the brave

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States.

To celebrate their victory over British forces during the War of 1812, U.S. soldiers raised a large American flag at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 14, 1814.

Poet Francis Scott Key was inspired by seeing the flag after witnessing the fort’s bombardment. He wrote a poem called “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” This eventually became the Star-Spangled Banner and the United States national anthem.
usa.gov

~ Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet
amhistory.si.edu

~ Francis Scott Key (born August 1, 1779, Frederick county, Maryland, U.S.—died January 11, 1843, Baltimore) was an American lawyer, best known as the author of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
~ Key was born into an affluent family on an estate called Terra Rubra. At age 10 he entered St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, from which he graduated in 1796. An extremely pious young man, Key seriously considered joining the Episcopal priesthood, but he opted instead for the law and a secular life.
~ Mainly because of his religious faith, Key was deeply opposed to the War of 1812. However, he served briefly in 1813 in a Georgetown militia unit and was present at the Battle of Bladensburg outside Washington, D.C., in August 1814.
Francis Scott Key | American Lawyer, Poet & Songwriter | Britannica

Francis Scott Key is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. His grave is marked by a monument dedicated to him.
(Mount Olivet Cemetery)

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