FReeper Canteen ~ The Star Spangled Banner ~ 13 September 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Star Spangled Banner ~
Written by Francis Scott Key (1814)

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

The War of 1812 had been a particularly nasty conflict with the British. They had burned down the Capitol and the White House in Washington, and were set on taking the port of Baltimore, which was protected in part by Fort McHenry, just to the south.

On September 7th, 1814, during the build-up to the attack on Baltimore, two Americans, Colonel John Skinner and a lawyer and part-time poet by the name of Francis Scott Key, had gone out to one of the British ships. They had come to negotiate the release of Dr William Beanes, a friend of Key who had been seized following the attack on Washington. The British agreed, but all three had learned too much about the forthcoming attack on Baltimore and so were detained by the British on board the frigate Surprise until it was over.

The attack started on September 12th, 1814, and after an initial exchange of fire, the fleet withdrew to form an arc just outside the range of Fort McHenry's fire.

Skinner, Beanes and Key watched much of the bombardment from the British deck. The major attack started in heavy rain on the morning of September 13th. Just under three miles in the distance the three men caught glimpses of the star-shaped fort with its huge flag - 42ft long, with 8 red stripes, 7 white stripes and 15 white stars, and specially commissioned to be big enough that the British could not possibly fail to see it from a distance.

In the dark of the night of the 13th, the shelling suddenly stopped. Through the darkness they couldn't tell whether the British forces had been defeated, or the fort had fallen.

As the rain cleared, and the sun began to rise, Key peered through the lifting darkness anxious to see if the flag they had seen the night before was still flying. And so it was that he scribbled on the back of an envelope the first lines of a poem he called Defense of Fort M'Henry.

O, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming

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[mylife]

I just want my 10% off Home depot.

[PROCON]

Thanks so much Kathy for posting the history America’s great National Anthem!

[luvie]

Chris Botti~Star Spangled Banner

[Publius]

The heat is still on. It won’t break below 100 until November. I go from my air conditioned apartment to my air conditioned car to my air conditioned destination.

[ConorMacNessa]

Real Men Stand for Our National Anthem!

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"The Star Spangled Banner"
Verse Four
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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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to be admitted to or released from my music ping list.

[ConorMacNessa]

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!

Oorah And Godspeed To Our Troops Who Run To The Sound Of The Guns!



American Troops Charging At St. Mihiel, France, 1918



Soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Move Out Over The Seawall On "Utah" Beach, 6 June 1944.



Marines Move Out Under Sniper Fire En Route To Seoul
Inchon, Korea, 17 September 1950.



Troops Of The 9th Infantry Division, U.S Army,
Advancing Through The Rice Paddies
Vietnam.



U.S. Marines On The Move In Afghanistan
4 October 2009.

[Publius]

This is the original melody. It was the theme song of London's Anacreontic Society, a drinking club. There were also gentlemen's clubs like the Wig Club and the Hellfire Society, but we don't mention their activities in front of the fairer sex.

Its subject matter is a debate between Bacchus and Anacreon, and it ran for an interminable 12 verses. This is a mercifully cut down version. You can imagine the members chafing at hearing this song when they could be imbibing.

It's in 3/4 minuet tempo -- one-and-two-and-three-and- -- and our modern version removes the weak beats, dotting the strong beats. The fourths were sharpened for our modern version.

"To Anacreon in Heaven"

[luvie]

Beautiful historical progression of our heroes!

Jeff Russell [aka Texas Songwriter]
~Run To The Sound Of The Guns"

[luvie]

Awesome thread!

[luvie]

Lord. Sounded like they crammed in extra notes to take care of too many words. LOL!

I like our version WAY better!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....The Mayor snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three.... Publius bags the bronze!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))… is your weather behaving any better yet? You and Penny geared up for hiking again?

Did you and your nephew do a pub night?

[Fiji Hill]

That’s a great version of “To Anachreon in Heaven.” The harpsichord accompaniment is very appropriate.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And where is YOUR copy of your DD214? Good luck finding it, or a new one.

[Kathy in Alaska]

10% sounds good...get what you need.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Catching your breath now? Paychecks out on time with relatively little hassle?

[ConorMacNessa]

Sorry to post and run but I'm on a new project at work and have to answer the bell early tomorrow morning.

Good night to all. God Bless you and God Bless the United States of America!

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

[heylady]

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

Coincidentally a friend of mine just posted a video of Meatloaf in 1994 singing the National Anthem. He sang it like it is supposed to be sung.