The Star Spangled Banner represents freedom. The writer of the Star Spangled Banner was Francis Scott Key. The Star Spangled Banner was written during the Battle of Fort McHenry and was written for the Garrison Flag. The book, Rush Revere and the Star Spangled Banner by Rush Limbaugh, talks about the Star Spangled Banner and how it came to be. The song was written by Francis Scott Key, while he was on a British warship, trying to free his friend. His friend was named an American Doctor named Beanes who was arrested by the British (Limbaugh, 2015, p. 180). The Star Spangled Banner is one of the most well known and loved songs ever written.
Francis Scott Key was a 35 year old American lawyer and a poet who wrote the Star Spangled Banner. Key
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was born on August 1, 1779 in Frederick County, Maryland to a wealthy slave owning family who lived in the Terra Rubra House. Key was a slave owner like his parents. His father was named John Ross Key and his mother was Ann Phoebe Pen Dagworthy. He died on January 11, 1843 in Baltimore Maryland. He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery near the city of Frederick. He married Mary Tayloe Lloyd on January 1, 1802. Francis and his wife Mary Tayloe Lloyd had eleven kids. Key had two siblings, one brother named Alfred Key and a sister named Anne Arnold Phoebe Chatton Key. Francis went to St. John’s College and then after he went home to set up to be a lawyer under his uncle Phillip Barton Key. He also served as a district attorney in Washington DC. The Battle of Fort McHenry is the battle that encouraged the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, which is the most known songs ever written.
The battle was fought on September 12th to September 15th, 1814. The weather was raining when the British Warships attacked Fort McHenry. The British had 5,000 men and 19 ships fighting for them and the US had 1,000 men and 20 guns fighting for them. The British commanders were Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and Colonel Arthur Brooke. The US commanders were Major General Samuel Smith and Major Greg Armistead. The British attack ships had 5 bomb ketches and 10 smaller warships. On September 12, 1814 Ross landed with 4,500 men on the tip of North Point. They began advancing northwest towards Baltimore. At 6:30 a.m. the British were in position and opened fire on Fort McHenry. The British ships struck the fort with heavy mortar shells. Major Armistead had 1,000 troops tried to fire back, but they couldn’t because the ships were too far away from the guns to reach. The British made a mistake of sending 1,200 men to go and try to enter the fort in small boats. A shell was fired as a warning shot, but the light had given away their position. They got into intense crossfires between Covington and Babcock. By dawn, the British had fired between 1,500 and 1,800 rounds at Fort McHenry. The aftermath of the battle for the US was 4 killed and 24 wounded. The British had about 330 killed, wounded and captured. The flag that the Star Spangled …show more content…
Banner was written to be the Garrison Flag. The US had two flags during the battle of Fort McHenry, one was called the Garrison flag and the other one was called the Storm flag. The Garrison flag’s size was originally 30 feet by 42 feet, but is currently 30 feet by 34 feet, it weighs 500 pounds. The makers of the two flags were Mary Pickersgill, her mother, daughter, three of her nieces and a 13 year old servant. Mary got paid $405.90 for the Garrison Flag and $168.54 for the Storm Flag. The flag was made in Baltimore, Maryland, in July-August 1813. The Garrison flag had 15 stripes and 15 stars, each star was 2 feet in diameter and the stripes are 24 inches in diameter. The 15th star has never been found, but other pieces that were missing have been found. The flag was raised over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14, 1814. It was raised to signal the victory over the British. Rain caused them to have to fly the storm flag instead of the Garrison Flag. The flag was under the possession of Armistead until he died in 1818, and then his wife had it and would give pieces of it to other people. In 1914, Amelia and 10 other women restored the Garrison flag and got paid $500 for restoring it. The Garrison Flag is now located in the Smithsonian and the Storm flags whereabouts are unknown the Garrison flag has survived for nearly 200 years. The Garrison flag is in a glass case in the Smithsonian. During WWII, the flag was housed in a government warehouse in Virginia. The flag’s preservation steps are that it must be vacuumed, to reduce dust, new lighting, and air handling systems. They mounted a screen in front of the flag to protect it from light and damaging airborne matter. The Star Spangled Banner was meant to be a song and was supposed to go with the melody of “The Anacreon in Heaven”.
When Key made his song, he did not give a title for it so it was first called “Defense at Fort McHenry.” A Baltimore music store printed the song with the title the Star Spangled Banner. Only about a dozen of the original 1814 sheet music of the Star Spangled Banner have survived. Although the war inspired the National Anthem, it is a little-known war in American History. It fostered a strong sense of National Pride among the American people. The Star Spangled Banner didn’t become the National Anthem until more than a century after it was written. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson made the Star Spangled Banner the National Anthem. On March 3, 1931, after 40 previous attempts the Star Spangled Banner became the National Anthem. The 19th century is when the Star Spangled Banner became one of the most loved patriotic songs. In 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. added a verse of the National Anthem. During the war, people would turn to music to express their feelings about the flag and the ideals and values it represents. By the 1890’s, the military had adopted the song for ceremonial purposes, the navy later adopted it for the same reason. Requiring it to be played during the lowering and raising of the
flag. There were many ways the Star Spangled Banner is sung. Everybody sings the Star Spangled Banner in their own way. The National Anthem builds community when we all sing it together. The song was translated into German to hope and recruit German soldiers. The National Anthem was performed at the first World Series in 1918 in Boston. One of the most famous remediation’s of the song was performed by Jimi Hendrix. It was at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Hendrix had performed his version of the song over 60 times during a 2 year period. The Star Spangled Banner represents freedom and was written by Francis Scott Key. It is one of the most known and loved songs. The Star Spangled Banner is important because it brings all different types of people together when they sing it. Everybody sings the Star Spangled Banner in their own way.
The British chose to attack the Americans from the north by way of Isle aux Pois in the mouth of the Pearl River because this was the only only stable water they had found that ships could ride and anchor. When hearing that the british where coming this way, Lieutenant Thomas Ap Catesby Jones and his five gunboats went to try and Barackade the Rigolets trying to make sure they wouldn’t enter. His 185 men and 23 guns awaited the British. At 10:30 on December 14th 1814 three columns of British ships, 42 to 45, armed with 43 guns and 1,200 under the command of Captain Lockyer met the American blockade. Fierce fighting began and the British had finally captured the five American boats. Losses were 17 British and 6 Americans killed, 77 British and 35 Americans wounded. This gave Gerneral Andrew Jackson six days more to improve his defenses. The British at the very beginning of the war had demolished almost all of Jacksons sea power. Jackson only had the Carolina, Louisiana, and one gunboat left.
The Americans weighed fewer than 10,000 pounds, roughly nine rounds per man. The situation was not expected to improve soon. During the night of March 4th, 1776 in Boston. Washington pulled the unthinkable and surprised the British by placing his army up the undefended Dorchester Heights. The British had ships anchored in the Boston Harbor, which were within range of American cannons.
The Star-Spangled Banner, as it is now known, is sung at sporting events and gatherings across the country but usually not sung in its entirety. Unknown too many Americans is there are actually four verses to our national anthem. “The Star-Spangled Banner” became a well known and loved patriotic song but it would take 117 years before it would become our national anthem. In the 1890’s, the military began using the song for ceremonial purposes. Then in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order designating
In the United States, Fort McHenry stands tall in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Fort McHenry has played a large role in American history ever since its construction was finished in the year 1800. The most prominent piece of history associated with Fort McHenry is when it was bombed in the year 1814. It was during the War of 1812, a war against Britain over the issue of Britain harassing America’s ships and sailors. America was doing poorly in the war until Fort McHenry was bombed. The bombing of Fort McHenry played a pivotal role in the War of 1812 because it was a turning point in the war, it instilled pride into the American people, and lives on to this day through the National Anthem of the United States.
In his self-directed video compilation, the Diasporadical Trilogia, Ghanaian-American musician Blitz the Ambassador solidifies his presence as a social activist and visual artist. His vividly accurate portrayals and unconventional presentations all distinguish him as a truly unique talent among proponents of Pan Africanism. While at first glance, the videos in the trilogy (Shine, Juju Girl, and Running) seem unrelated—varying in musical tone/characteristics, lyrics, and video concept—they are linked by their depictions of issues faced by those part of the African diaspora and on the continent.
The symbolism of the Flag was thus interpreted by Washington: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing Liberty.”
In the first stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner”, Francis Scott Key addresses the beauty of the American flag as it was waving at the dawn after the Battle of Baltimore. As he stood on the deck of a ship, Key waited to see if the American’s would emerge victoriously through the night. At dawn, the United States (U.S.) raised its flag to display its victory. The first stanza serves as a depiction of the joy Key feels through the description of the flag as it is an embodiment of his emotions, “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” (Key). Key describes the strength and beauty of the flag in a proud manner that relates to his now strong patriotic feelings after witnessing the battle.
One purpose behind the Star Spangled Banner’s composition was to inform. Francis Scott Key tells of a literal flag, still flying high in the midst of battle ruins. He describes the bombs and rockets that erupted during the night. He depicts the blood shed and the lives lost. Key was telling of the battle that had taken place that night and the sight of
The Star-Spangled Banners lyrics come from "Defense of Fort M'Henry", a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for a men's social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" was already popular in the United States. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and by President Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931, which was signed by President Hoover.
The story “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde demonstrates that she comes across a realization that she had to speak up for her rights and independence when she visited the capital city of the United States, Washington, D.C. Lorde explains how she was frustrated with the situation that occurred in Washington, D.C., which shows that she had learned the reality of the society. She writes about many things that she came across during the trip to Washington D.C. in the summer vacation. In the essay, the meanings of independence for Lorde are to fight for it and to speak up for the rights that they deserve. Lorde and her family visit many places in the capital city where they were told to leave the place because black people were not allowed there.
A few reasons why this song should remain our national anthem is because The Star-Spangled was our national anthem for many years since March 3, 1931, until now 2017. Which is 86 years that The Star Spangled Banner remained our national anthem, why get rid of it. People even say this is racist. If it is racist, don’t listen to it. How could this song be racist after all these years (86 years) they finally say it is racist and they want to remove it from the national anthem. All those years and now people finally want to remove it, well, it is a bit too late. On September 13, British ships started to fire tons of rockets and mortars at Fort McHenry, and the British did not stop until the next morning. Francis Scott Key spent that night assuming that his nation had lost its defense and the British had won, but once the smoke cleared the next morning, he saw the fort's flag flying high. The American Flag. Francis Scott Key immediately wrote a song about that moment, and it was called “The Star Spangled Banner” Later on after World War 1, the US made a call saying “They want the Star Spangled Banner the national anthem.” In 1931 it was adopted that the Star Spangled Banner was officially the national anthem for the United States of America. This is saying “The Star Spangled Banner is officially our national anthem.” Moreover, it was adopted. Based off on information that I have read, the Star Spangled Banner, should be sung at every sports event, or any other major event, the reason why is. When it says “home of the brave” this reflect the heroic things that the Americans did to defend their country. Which means “This is our home, and we fought for it.” The War of 1812 was later known as the “Second War for
Quinlan is a very segregated town in alabama. A group of high schoolers and a group called SNCC wanted to make a difference so they used techniques called nonviolence and disobedience. One example of disobedience would be when Owen,Nora,and Coleman went into the “public library”. This is disobedience because technique they weren’t aloud into the library they had there own library. The consequence of this was when they tried to go back was the librarian chained the fence so they couldn’t get in. The impact of this was they started to learn how to be more and more nonviolent and to not fight back and to negotiate and it also led to more sit-ins and marches and protests. Finally Most of Owen’s highschool and SNCC all marched to city
The Star Spangled Banner, now known as the Iconic National Anthem of the United States of America was a poem written by Francis Scott Key that was inspired by the Battle of Baltimore, fought on September 12-14, 1814 during the War of 1812. Key wrote this poem from his own experience of actually being there to witness the battle, the defense of Fort McHenry, Baltimore.
The song that I choose to do this assignment on is Fight the Power by Public Enemy. Fight the Power was written in 1989 and quickly became a street anthem for millions of youths. It reflects with issues dealing with both the Civil Rights Movement and to remind everyone that they too have Constitutional Rights. This particular song is about empowerment but also fighting the abuse of power that is given to the law enforcement agencies. It gave citizens of the U.S a more modern outlook on the many struggles that not only the African American community is up against but the other minority groups as well. The song’s message was eventually supposed to bring people together and make the world a better place, even though some teens saw it as a way
“American athletics and American politics have collided due to the protests, taking place during the United States national anthem, have risen to new heights” (Kumar). Originally a poem, The Star Spangled Banner became the nation's national anthem in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. The words were written in 1814 by “Francis Scott Key, of Georgetown, during the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore” (“The History of the National Anthem”). Key originally wrote the draft of the anthem on the back of an envelope. His brother-in-law read the poem and had it published under the name of “Defense of Fort McHenry”(“The History if the National Anthem”). The National Anthem has been sung by the people of the United States since 1814 as a way of