Tag: Francis Scott Key
Star Spangled Banners – America’s Most Storied Wartime Flags
“The banner featured the now familiar alternating red and white horizontal stripes and stars on blue – one for each of the 13 original American colonies.” WHAT BETTER WAY is there for MilitaryHistoryNow.com to mark July 4th long weekend…
O Say Can You See – Seven Little-Known Facts About Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner
By Jeffrey Roth Most critics agree that The Star-Spangled-Banner is difficult to sing. Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to the iconic song after watching the Sept. 13 to 14, 1814 British bombardment of Fort…
