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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[radu]

My money says he’ll turn out like our Celeborn, Thorn, and Toby. It took a long time to tame those bad boys but once I was able to scratch the magic spot, it was all over. They soon became the biggest mush-buckets and you wouldn’t have known they were ever wild. They were wonderful cats - sweet and lovable. All three are gone now and I still miss them a lot.

Grey and Stubbs have claimed you for their own. :-)

You’ve been staying up late a lot lately. Soon you’ll be a full-fledged vampire, like me, going to bed with the sunrise! LOL
I hope Peaches is out so you can sleep tonight.

[left that other site]

My Nephew’s debut is TONIGHT! It’s been raining for days, but I expect one last burst of Summer before it gets to really be Autumn around here.

[luvie]

He was out and I did sleep well. LOL!

I'd better get over the late nights, because that crew in WY are Early Birds. Ugh! 😄

[luvie]

Just call this the calm before the storm!
Hope all y'all on the coast stay safe!
H E R E is a series of live cams so you can watch.
It already looks pretty wild!
Anyhow....have a Thrilling Thursday!
((((hugs))))