Francis Scott Key's Song The Star Spangled Banner

Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light? You might know these lyrics from a song called "The Star Spangled Banner," but did you know that this song was not originally supposed to be a song? On September 13, 1814 when the document was written by Francis Scott Key it was originally written as a poem about the American flag after "the war of 1812" with Britain. The flag remained flying throughout the fight and the Americans won the war. The poem, originally titled, "The Defence of Fort M'Henry," Included the words to what is now our national anthem. Francis Scott Key wrote these words on a ship while being held captive by British soldiers. He had boarded a flagship of the British on the Chesapeake Bay, in hopes of persuading the

A home and a Country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.No refuge could save the hireling and slave. From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

This verse is not very known to most people. You may hear the national anthem played at ball games or at school, but did you know when it was first played at a game. The first time on record that the song was played at a baseball game was on May 15, 1862, at the Union Grounds in Brooklyn, NY. The star spangled banner is also known as the national anthem. It was officially made the U.S national anthem on March 3, 1931, by a congressional resolution. The Star spangled banner (also known as the national anthem) was written to say that the Flag was still flying after the British attacked. But the song had also impacted many people, it has been played at funerals for veterans or military family's. It was also played after 9/11. The Star spangled Banner was played to prove that the U.S would keep fighting after that attack. It was played on September 17, 2001. The day Major League Baseball resumed after the