IIRC, there was a story about an American who renounced his country and was perpetually remanded to different warships off-shore as a punishment - never to see his homeland again.....during his internment, he witnessed attacks on the homeland he hated and developed new feelings.....I believe this was some sort of story loosely connected to Francis Scott Key....
.....I believe this was some sort of story loosely connected to Francis Scott Key....
I’ve always the the SSB, taken in that context, was very moving. Key knows the country is young and under attack by superior forces. He has real doubts in his mind that it will survive. He is on the edge of hopelessness, The one thing he has to hang on to is the fact that he can still see the American flag flying.
” The Man without a Country” “No man ever lived that loved his country more, or deserved less at her hands”
” The Man without a Country” “No man ever lived that loved his country more, or deserved less at her hands”
‘there was a story about an American who renounced his country and was perpetually remanded to different warships off-shore as a punishment - never to see his homeland again.’
The story is ‘The Man Without a Country’, by Edward Everett Hale, written in 1863 about fictional incidents surrounding the treason trial of Aaron Burr in 1807. It was meant as an attack on ‘traitor’ confederates. It has no connection to Francis Scott Key.
‘there was a story about an American who renounced his country and was perpetually remanded to different warships off-shore as a punishment - never to see his homeland again.’
The story is ‘The Man Without a Country’, by Edward Everett Hale, written in 1863 about fictional incidents surrounding the treason trial of Aaron Burr in 1807. It was meant as an attack on ‘traitor’ confederates. It has no connection to Francis Scott Key.