The Star-Spangled Banner (History)
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Uploaded by troyg19 on Oct 23, 2007
On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key peered through clearing smoke to see an enormous flag flying proudly after a 25-hour British bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry. Key was inspired to write a poem, which was later set to music. Even before "The Star-Spangled Banner" became our national anthem, it helped transform the garrison flag with the same name into a major national symbol of patriotism and identity. The flag has had a colorful history, from its origins in a government contract through its sojourn with several generations of a Baltimore family to its eventual donation to the Smithsonian Institution.
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Your history is all wrong. America was a Republic in the War of 1812. There were no colonies. There were no children and women in the fort. It was Ft.Mc Henry not Fort Henry. I am a descendant of several defenders of Baltimore.
Your history is a complete lie. Please read your history. This is ridiculous and ignorant. Who was the moron who wrote this. By the way, there were only 2 to 3 men killed at the fort.
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This is idiotic. This was the United States, not colonies. The narrator must think this took place in the Revolutionary War instead of the War of 1812. Get your facts straight, man!!
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garbage history
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Why do people feel compelled to make up this drivel? The true story of Fort McHenry is beautiful as it is. There were not 10 male prisoners on board the ship--just 1. There were no women in the fort. The flag didn't fall down. The entire British navy was not shelling the fort. It's all--or mostly all--bogus. What a waste of time.
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@troyg19 there are alot of factual mistakes
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@tomasbermea Correction - The Flag represents the original ideals of the Founding Fathers.
It is the treasonous bastards holding elective office whom have sought to dishonor the ideals and the republic for which it stands.
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@tomasbermea it is NOT just "a piece of cloth"! ITS A FLAG! That "piece of cloth" represents our freedom!
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fort McHenry just opened a new visitors centers - go sometime and the correct facts
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I couldn't stop the tears listening to this story even if it's not how it actually happened. And certainly not because those men died while holding up some flag but because they were willing ti give up their lives for what that flag meant as a symbol of freedom!
Sadly these freedom loving men are rolling in their graves when they see how the land they gave up their lives for willingly chose a government as oppressive as the empire they fought and died against.
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What Fort Henry? It was Fort McHenry!! Full of women and children? Predominantly NOT a Military Fort? What?
Flag in shreds? There is no indication the flag had taken hits and had fallen.
If you are going to quote the words, for goodness sakes, get them right…
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the us is a fool for being flag worshipers, that flag means nothing its just cloth and what it does stand for is american imperialism, colonialism, aggression and terror towards many people in many countries all over the world! i understand people have died for that flag, but not for the flag or the people in the government who claim that flag, but for the values to which it used to symbolize that fascist republicans/democrats in the government and and all kinds of criminals have torn apart
tomasbermea 1 year ago
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If you notice, this is the story of the war of 1812. This story is about a time in American history, before the constitution was perverted to the extent we see today. I agree with you about the 2 party system. I would never enlist in the military today, unless I believe in the unconstitutional wars they are fighting, after I would take my oath, I would know immediately that my superiors were disobeying their oath,
troyg19 1 year ago