Happy Birthday Star Spangled Banner!


‘The Glory That Is Old’
courtesy of ‘ojbyrne’
On this day, 196 years ago, young lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that would eventually become “The Star Spangled Banner.” Mr. Key who has been sent to negotiate the release of Dr. Beanes, an American taken hostage by the British, witnessed the Battle of Fort McHenry from [...]AOL

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