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| Author: | Mike Cox [ Sat Sep 14, 2002 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | September 14, 1814 |
Francis Scott Key wrote ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ when he saw the American flag still flying over Fort McHenry after it had been shelled by the British the day before. The poem was printed anonymously, with the title ‘Defence of Fort McHenry’, and was set to the tune of the English drinking song ‘To Anacreon in Heaven’. In 1931 the song became the US national anthem A drinking song? Hate to hear some late night revelers hit those high notes! |
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| Author: | Ernie Sands [ Sat Sep 14, 2002 7:07 pm ] |
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