FReeper Canteen ~ It's The Star Spangled Banner's Birthday ~ 12 September 08

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Star Spangled Banner ~
Written by Francis Scott Key (September 14, 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.

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

Barbershop Quartet

Boston Pops

Whitney Houston

USC Trojan Marching Band

Kelly Clarkson

Francis Scott Key

Military March Medley

Tex Ritter ~ Old Glory

Elton Britt ~ There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

US Air Force Band ~ Patriotic Medley

John Wayne ~ Face The Flag

The Star Spangled Banner

Please remember that The Canteen is is here to support
and entertain our troops and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, on this sloooooooow FR response night. Thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TS...how are your classes shaking out? This slow issue is driving my crazy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, AZ, and thanks for the red, white, and blue tribute. Hope you had a good commute home. We had 22 ducks dining last evening.

[Fiji Hill]

The line "no refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight and the gloom of the grave" seems to have been inspired by Job 7:2:

Like a slave who longs for the shadow and like a hireling who looks for his wages...

[Radix]

A bit of trivia concerning Francis Scott Key's family.

 

 

 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald    (aka F. Scott Fitzgerald) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, the namesake and second cousin three times removed of the author of the National Anthem.

 

A review of The Great Gatsby......which is pretty much required reading in all schools American......

 

 

BTW, I just loved the You-Tube Whitney Houston rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

[luvie]

Good evening, Connie!

I hope you have battened down the hatches, as it were, for
the oncoming dust storm. Looked really icky in the pictures
I saw on the Weather Channel!

Stay safe!

Thanks for your wonderful Tribute! God bless the troops!

[luvie]

Good evening Rus! Hope everything is going well with you and
your family.

The real widows? Widows who have no family to help support
and take care of them. God provides for them by asking US
to help!

[Radix]

Dude,

 

Where is the latest Book thread?

 

I just finished the book Obama Nation.     This book needs to be promoted.

 

Written by the same fellow who helped the Swift Boat Veterans who thankfully got their voices heard 4 years ago.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Fiji Hill....it sure does look it, doesn’t it. Thanks for the additional info.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ms b...((HUGS))...did you have a dry day? STarting to sprinkle here....every evening for several days now.

[Iron Munro]

The Original Star Spangled Banner

The flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem.

Made in Baltimore, Maryland, in July-August 1813 by flagmaker Mary Pickersgill
Commissioned by Major George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry
Original size: 30 feet by 42 feet
Current size: 30 feet by 34 feet
Fifteen stars and fifteen stripes (one star has been cut out)
Raised over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14, 1814, to signal American victory over the British in the Battle of Baltimore; the sight inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Preserved by the Armistead family as a memento of the battle
First loaned to the Smithsonian Institution in 1907; converted to permanent gift in 1912
On exhibit at the National Museum of American History since 1964
Major, multi-year conservation effort launched in 1998
Plans for new permanent exhibition gallery now underway

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on graphics for music)

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on graphics for music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thanks for our National Anthem...singing along. Hope Ike doesn’t make it as far as you. Be prepared!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy! Excellent thread!

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for this evening's thread Ma & great it is!

A good commute & just finished dinner & dishes.

Had a baby lizard crawl on my shoe today & didn't want to hurt it it. I shook my shoe & it disappeared....I spent the whole rest of the day itching & worrying about where it went! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Meg...thanks. Prayers for your southern family. Some of mine is down there too. Would you expect to get some of Ike’s fallout? This is my first hurricane too. This waiting and watching from afar is, shall we say, interesting. Be safe!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lady Ms.B.!

*BOW*

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi Connie! *HUGS* How's it going?

[AZamericonnie]

Really? Calm as can be here!lol

But truthfully it can can storm like crazy a mile away & we get nothing.

A very good evening to you luvie. *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Very informative post!