The Star-Spangled Banner
Story of Our National Anthem
In September of 1814, the United States was a relatively young country engaged in a war with the most powerful nation of the time, Great Britain. A British fleet launched a devastating overnight bombardment of the American fort that defended Baltimore harbor. As the sun rose the next morning, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key who had observed the battle saw that the American flag was still flying. Inspired, he wrote a poem that would later be set to music as The Star-Spangled Banner—our national anthem. Today, The Star-Spangled Banner is often performed before sporting events and other public functions. The national anthem is an importan…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4222-8755-2
- EAN: 9781422287552
- Produktnummer: 20213311
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 48 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'720 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 6 - 99 J.
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Joseph Ferry
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