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O Say Can You See? Celebrating 200 years of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
Fox News.com ^ | September 13, 2014 | Jane Hampton Cook

Posted on 09/13/2014 4:44:37 PM PDT by Kaslin

“O say can you see . . . ?” is the famous question Francis Scott Key asked 200 years ago when he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem.

What comes to mind when you hear those lyrics? How do they stir your patriotic soul? Key wanted you to see what he saw, hear what he heard and feel what he felt. O say, can you?

We can remember that the British military burned the White House and U.S. Capitol on Aug. 24, 1814. British Rear Admiral George Cockburn, who set Washington ablaze, believed there wasn’t a “place on the seaboard which can hold out any length of time.” How wrong he was.

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KEYWORDS: flag; nationalanthem; patriotism
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To: Whenifhow

A lot of people don’t know there’s four stanzas to it. They think there’s just the one. I still say “America The Beautiful” is a better anthem.


21 posted on 09/14/2014 11:51:53 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: Agamemnon

Thanks,Ag.

Great post.The items from Nov. 1814 are terrific, too.


22 posted on 09/14/2014 11:52:06 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Kaslin

Best ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg


23 posted on 09/14/2014 11:53:22 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: Agamemnon

thanks for all that info!

Found this video gives historical context.
11:38 Minutes

Star Spangled Banner As You’ve Never Heard It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxGNQE5ZLA

Published on Jul 6, 2013
The story of how our national anthem came to be.


24 posted on 09/14/2014 11:58:25 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: exit82
I was fortunate enough to obtain my original as the individual pages since the leaves most often reside only in a bound volume with other issues.

FReegards!

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25 posted on 09/14/2014 11:59:41 AM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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To: Whenifhow
Excellent video! Have distributed that to many people today as a result. Many thanks!

FReegards!

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26 posted on 09/14/2014 12:14:08 PM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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To: Whenifhow

Any idea who the narrator is?

Sounds a bit like Jack Webb


27 posted on 09/14/2014 12:57:16 PM PDT by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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To: cyclotic

It does sound like him, but don’t know for sure.


28 posted on 09/14/2014 1:02:54 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

Great video nonetheless, except for the narrator calling it Fort Henry.

I just sent it out to the boys in my Trail Life USA Troop.

Thanks for posting it.


29 posted on 09/14/2014 1:13:48 PM PDT by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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To: cyclotic

The video below is on a play list, so there are several other videos on the right that you could choose from.

This particular video is over 4 hours long and give a lot more history. This is from Fort McHenry.

scroll ahead to about one hour 15 minutes for the live streaming and the history part starts about one hour 20 min

Star Spangled Banner Living Flag - September 9th 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IB8nEq5Yto&index=2&list=PLOGmzZKR55YFZBd5—Y4A3rTiVgwjzHdn

Streamed live on Sep 9, 2014
On September 9, 2014, over 7,000 school students donning red, white, and blue will create the Star-Spangled Banner Living Flag at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. Like their predecessors during the Centennial in 1914, students will be making history as part of the Star-Spangled Banner.

8:00AM-12:30PM Watch the Living Flag at Fort McHenry on September 9th as students create the largest ever Star-Spangled Banner Living American Flag!


30 posted on 09/14/2014 1:31:30 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: cyclotic

In the video in post 30, the park ranger gives a history lesson to the kids from 1:20 to 1:38.

The actual historical part of the video begins around one hour 38 minutes.


31 posted on 09/14/2014 1:55:39 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Agamemnon
why? Thank you, very much. ☺
32 posted on 09/14/2014 2:14:28 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Thanks..never saw/knew, I was reciting only 1/4 of the poem.


33 posted on 09/14/2014 2:19:17 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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