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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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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[luvie]

Darn! I was hoping you’d get rain today. Maybe Sally’s changing course will bring some. I don’t think there has been any at home either.

Yes, here’s what it looks like on a clear day. This was taken in approximately the same spot yesterday.

[mylife]

Sally is a wimpy tropical storm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTl00248Z48

[left that other site]

I had a lovely ride today! perfect weather, and hardly any traffic.
Penny doesn’t mind as long as she has the couch! :-)

[mylife]

I find this video very haunting, it reminds me of undisclosed bunkers on undisclosed missions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7VJizk3IFE

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA3rDnZelzo

[mylife]

Been around the world...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6suutyPiobQ

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JbDYvJcwQ

Sorry to bomb this thread but OMG this band rocks

[luvie]

It is, but the storm surge could cause a lot of flooding even if the wind isn’t an issue.

[mylife]

Looks wimpy to me, but I aint there.

[radu]

We hoped for rain too. We need it badly at this point. Some areas close to Nashville got 6 to 7 inches today! Not fair!

Right now, we don’t want the current projected path of Sally to change because we should get a good amount of rain. I just feel bad for the folks south of us who’ll get it first because they don’t need what they’re going to get.

Now that’s what we’re used to seeing when you post pix taken along the bike trial. Is that Piper or Callie? I can never remember which one’s which. She’s certainly grown since the last time I’ve seen a pic of her!

[mylife]

Dats Piper I think.

[radu]

That’s what I’m thinking, too, my. Maybe the ol’ memory isn’t as bad as I thought it was. LOL

Things going well up your way these days?

[luvie]

It’s Piper and she is now taller than me. Waaaaah!

Looks like rain is heading for home, but I can just see it splitting before reaching the town.

I hope your relatives will be safe in Bermuda during hurricane Paulette that is headed there. It’s a big one!

[mylife]

I’m muddling through :)

[radu]

Memory worked .... for a change. LOL!
I wondered if she was taller than you yet. It seems she was getting close last year when you were there.

I see a little rain around your home area but not a lot. Still more than is around here!

Yeah, Paulette is a biggie but thankfully still a Cat1. Still not fun, though, and I hope my cousin will be ok when it’s over. I was hoping they’d get through this season without getting hit. By this time next year, they’ll be back home in Canada.
No such luck though. :-(

[radu]

Sounds like the rest of us. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....momtothree snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[luvie]

Well, just like at your house, the rain has just melted away. Drat. I’m sure the kitties are just as happy it didn’t.

Maybe that storm won’t be as horrible as Dorian was. I wonder if Josh will be out there again.