[ruoflaw]

Our Star Spangled Banner is a witness report written by Francis Scott Key as he was on board a ship...what he witnessed that night so inspired him that he wrote a song about it and that song has become our National Anthem. Even though the fort was being bombed heavily, our flag was still standing by morning....the American fort was Fort McHenry and the enemy the British. It took place 9/13/1814

[floriduh voter]

It does make Britney Spears seem silly "Oops, I did it Again." I think she must have been threatened directly because she has disappeared as in totally.

[maica]

The British ships took up their station on 9/11/1814. That was the last time our 'homeland' was invaded. Apparently the guns of the ships had a longer range than those of the Fort, so all the military in the fort could do was withstand the bombing and be prepared to fire on the ships if they tried to come any closer to the city. Not only was Francis Scott Key watching the flag, but so was everyone in Baltimore which was about to be invaded. The flag and the anthem have tremendous significance in time of war.

One huge unintended beneficial consequence of 9/11/01 is the crash course in patriotism our children are learning.