FReeper Canteen ~ The Star Spangled Banner ~ 14 September 2020

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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

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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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[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh, 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 thru the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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!

[The Mayor]

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September 13

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Bible in a Year:

• Proverbs 16–18
• 2 Corinthians 6

Am I my brother’s keeper?

Genesis 4:9

A marine biologist was swimming near the Cook Islands in the South Pacific when a 50,000-pound humpback whale suddenly appeared and tucked her under its fin. The woman thought her life was over. But after swimming slowly in circles, the whale let her go. It’s then that the biologist saw a tiger shark leaving the area. The woman believes the whale had been protecting her—keeping her from danger.

In a world of danger, we’re called to watch out for others. But you might ask yourself, Should I really be expected to be responsible for someone else? Or in Cain’s words: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9). The rest of the Old Testament resounds with the thunderous response: Yes! Just as Adam was to care for the garden, so Cain was to care for Abel. Israel was to keep watch over the vulnerable and care for the needy. Yet they did the opposite—exploiting the people, oppressing the poor, and abdicating the calling to love their neighbors as themselves (Isaiah 3:14–15).

Yet, in the Cain and Abel story, God continued to watch over Cain, even after he was sent away (Genesis 4:15–16). God did for Cain what Cain should have done for Abel. It’s a beautiful foreshadowing of what God in Jesus would come to do for us. Jesus keeps us in His care, and He empowers us to go and do likewise for others.

By:  Glenn Packiam Reflect & Pray

Who has God entrusted to your care? How have you embraced that responsibility? How have you tried to evade or avoid it?

Compassionate God, thank You for Your care for me. You keep me and watch over me. Help me to do the same for others.

[momtothree]

Hi Kathy!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[mountainlion]

A cousin was doing the genealogy of Mr. Key to see if she was related. Got close but inconclusive. It is amazing who people find in their ancestry. Don’t do it, it is addictive.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

All rested and ready to take on the new week?

[lightman]

Mrs. L recently retired from teaching choral music to middle schoolers.

Her mid-September lesson was always on the history of the National Anthem.

I hope her successor has picked up that torch!

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Well ... I Got Furloughed - Again. But ... I Still Fly Jump Planes ... ~

~ Good Evening ~

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I’m Down There Somewhere

[JBW1949]

Has anyone heard Dave Bray (formerly of Madison Rising) sing the National Anthem??? Dave is a Navy veteran (Corpsman with Marines in Afghanistan)...

He sings the ONLY non-traditional version that I like...It is amazing and raises goosebumps along with the video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The Star Spangled Banner ~

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[Publius]

Sergei Rachmaninov plays “The Star Spangled Banner”

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

I hope her successor has picked up that torch too!
Not having any kids or grandkids, I have no idea how common teaching the history of the National Anthem is these days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a good evening to you, momtothree.

Hope you all are managing thru this mess.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Another gorgeous day up there, I see.

Any of your web-footed friends show up for a snack today?

[leaning conservative]

Hello Kathy. Such a beautiful song. I never get tired of hearing it sung.
I PM’d you.

[MacNaughton]

9/13/2017 - YouTube - Francis Scott Key statue vandalized in Baltimore, 00:00:50 seconds

6/19/2020 - Protesters ripped down the statue of Francis Scott Key, the author of America's Star Spangled Banner, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a good evening to you, radu...when is it time to pick that cotton? Any rain insight? From Sally maybe?

Beautiful day here, but the chill is in the air. Lots of work today, but making good progress.

And I might be back on the “feeding circuit”...just had 20 crabby ducks for dinner.

[Fiji Hill]

The Anacreontic Song (c. 1773)

To Anacreon in heaven where he sat in full glee,
A few sons of harmony sent a petition
That he their inspirer and patron would be,
When this answer arrived from the jolly old Grecian:

"Voice, fiddle and flute no longer be mute.
I'll lend you my name and inspire you, to boot.
And besides, I'll instruct you, like me, to entwine
The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine."

[mylife]

Hat tip, Commodore Perry