History of the Star Spangled Banner
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@killer231233 Are you related to Francis Key Howard grandson of Francis Scott Key?
Arrested for writing a critical editorial in his newspaper of Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus & imprisoned for 14 months in Fort McHenry.
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anybody else get chills whenever they hear the star spangled banner
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I'm related to Francis Scott Key! No lie!
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Interesting video! Very well articulated.
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we watched this in music today...pretty cool :)
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Went to Fort McHenry this summer. I highly recommend it. Great place to visit!
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@WrknClssHero I'm speaking about Barton's work generally, not this video specifically.
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@TheLoveschach I dont believe he has in any way. I think he is on point & I believe history supports it. Thats why we'll just dissagree. If you have a different story about the star spangled banner & Fort McHenry then I might entertain hearing it.
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@WrknClssHero If I have an axe to grind then it's with people who take facts and twist them to fit their own narrative like Barton does.
Just to make that clear.
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@TheLoveschach Respectfully, you speak more like someone with an axe to grind than Mr. Barton. I think we'll just have to agree to dissagree on this. Thanks.
alywilliams ~ Please! Tell me that you are not that obtuse & ignorant! I didn't state my own concept of freedom because it isn't relevant on this issue. Freedom for most of us is "Life liberty & the pursuit of happiness". To feel safe in our own homes. The ability to live our lives free from tyranny; ruled by the dictates of our own consience. Now please go start a fight with someone else ~ you bore me.
yochanah1 1 year ago 6
Realizing the potential for disaster, Armistead had the fort's gunpowder supply distributed to safer locations. As the sun began to rise, he ordered the fort's small storm flag lowered and replaced with the standard garrison flag measuring 42 feet by 30 feet. Sewn by local seamstress Mary Pickersgill, the flag was clearly visible to all of the ships in the river.
Really curious what research was done to determine that piles of bodies were removed and replaced with live ones to hold up the flag
hdmcdave 1 year ago 5