Whitney Houston Sings National Anthem Jeffrey Wang

Our Social Studies class was learning about the War of 1812.

The War of 1812 was a war that the US had with Britain because England was "impressing" American sailors on the high seas when England was in war with France. France nor England wanted the US to trade with the opposing side. In other words, the British were just taking American sailors on merchant ships and forcing them to help in the war with France. At first, the US listened and passed the Non-Intercourse Act which prevented the US from trading with other countries. Places that relied on trade like New York and Connecticut were furious at the act because they couldn't trade and make money. Because of this, the US passed a new act called the Embargo Act that said the US could trade to anyone but France and Britain. Sailors were still The US became angry because they couldn't trade. James Madison declared war because of the inability to trade and because of impressment.

In the War of 1812, during the battle of Fort McHenry in 1814, the British bombed. Fort McHenry is a fort in Baltimore, Maryland famous for it's role in the War of 1812. It was built strategically to defend against attacks and to counter naval attacks because it was built on a peninsula. Prior to the Battle of Fort McHenry, the British had just burned down Washington DC during a huge victory. The US knew that they couldn't let another huge city fall, like Baltimore. When the US found out that the British were coming, they buffed up their defenses to fight both naval and land attacks. All throughout the night, Fort McHenry was bombed by the British. Over 2000 shots exploded onto and over the fort. The US held strong and the flag at Fort McHenry remained standing. Francis Scott Key was an amateur poet who was picking up a friend captured on a British ship. They couldn't leave the ship yet because they knew where British units were located and could've easily told the US. They had to stay on the boat. Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry while he was on the British boat. He wrote the Star Spangled Banner as a poem, and it was later put into a song to the tune of a British drinking song, "To Anacreon in Heaven." It became our official national anthem in 1931. However, the lyrics aren't very clear. In the annotations, our class has put translations in modern day words of the lyrics. This allows people to see the true meaning behind the Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem.

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[cassisswell7]

Well that guy holding the flag is pretty darn famous.

[spanishleadershipcom]

Rest in peace Whtiney, thanks for your songs. God Bless America

[kleytoncarlos1]

Oooooh LIve!

[junior6337]

very good voice...you're my idol and inspiration!!!!

[jameserica123]

I love her.

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