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Trump's address at Ft McHenry today - Tells amazing history of "Star Spangled Banner"
Posted on 5/25/20 at 11:54 am
Posted on 5/25/20 at 11:54 am
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key in remembrance of the hell of war he witnessed while he was a prisoner on the deck of a British ship in Baltimore harbor. He watched 30 British warships make a merciless bomb, cannon and rocket attack on Fort McHenry - for 25 straight hours. When the smoke and fog cleared at dawn, he could make out the stars and stripes, battered, but still flying over Fort McHenry.
I'll never hear that anthem in the same way again.
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I'll never hear that anthem in the same way again.
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This post was edited on 5/25/20 at 11:59 am
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Posted on 5/25/20 at 11:56 am to Buckeye Jeaux
quote:
I'll never hear that anthem in the same way again.
Isn't this story taught in like primary school, then again in middle school, then again in high school? What was your context for the song before this/what did you think it meant?
This post was edited on 5/25/20 at 11:58 am
Posted on 5/25/20 at 11:57 am to Buckeye Jeaux
25 hour constant bombardment will make even the most battle-hardened units begin to crack up.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 11:58 am to Microtiger
quote:
Isn't this story taught in like primary school, then again in middle school then again in high school?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:02 pm to Microtiger
quote:Even as trump shares a story about this great country’s history, ORANGE MAN BAD!
Isn't this story taught in like primary school, then again in middle school, then again in high school? What was your context for the song before this/what did you think it meant?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:02 pm to Microtiger
quote:We were taught a vague and lifeless 3-minute history lesson. No details of 30 British warships bombarding Ft McHenry for 25 straight hours. Or that Key was a prisoner on the deck of a British warship... watching to see if his nation suffered a catastrophic defeat.
Isn't this story taught in like primary school, then again in middle school, then again in high school? What was your context for the song before this/what did you think it meant?
You knew all this? I doubt it.
This post was edited on 5/25/20 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:04 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
our national anthem is very mediocre imo.
I would be ecstatic if we switched our anthem to battle hymn of the republic or oh Shenandoah
I would be ecstatic if we switched our anthem to battle hymn of the republic or oh Shenandoah
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:07 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Schmuck
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:10 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
quote:Truth hurts
Schmuck
musical critics both in and outside the US do not consider our anthem to be a masterpiece.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:13 pm to Microtiger
quote:
Isn't this story taught in like primary school, then again in middle school, then again in high school?
These days? I really doubt it.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:18 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:18 pm to Microtiger
quote:
Isn't this story taught in like primary school, then again in middle school, then again in high school?
Wait till somebody tells him about Betsy Ross on Flag Day. His mind will be blown.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
Truth hurts
musical critics both in and outside the US do not consider our anthem to be a masterpiece.
You've hit rock-bottom in your posting prowess, haven't you?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:27 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
musical critics both in and outside the US do not consider our anthem to be a masterpiece.
I could name a hundred "tunes" that are more appealing than our anthem.
But it is not meant to be entertaining. It is a true account of a hard fought battle for freedom.
Deal with it. It ain't going anywhere.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:28 pm to Steadmans Cheddar
I once listened to a fella tell me about a program he had heard on NPR and asked me if I knew Jews were tortured during WW2 at concentration camps.
He was a product of the public school system of New Orleans.
He was a product of the public school system of New Orleans.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:29 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
did Key just do the words?
did someone else plagiarize the melody from an old British pub song?
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:31 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
In defense of the OP, maybe he is not an old fart like some of us that actually said the pledge each morning before school started and listened to the national anthem.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:32 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
I thought Kanye wrote it
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:34 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
musical critics both in and outside the US do not consider our anthem to be a masterpiece.
The flag was held up by the bodies of Patriots who gave their lives to keep it up. Keeping the Republic together under the US Constitution and her unique Bill of Rights, which later became the longest lasting democratic government in the world today and the best hope for mankind. And you wish to discuss foreign music critics.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 12:36 pm to TrueTiger
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did Key just do the words?
He was actually on a British ship negotiating the release of American pow's, that night. He later wrote a poem, that was made into the anthem.
This post was edited on 5/25/20 at 12:37 pm
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