This is the first verse of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Breaking it down line-by-line reveals some words and phrases that, despite being sung so often, may not make sense to most people. O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? What Does the National Anthem Mean? The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave The Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight, The words are set to the music of a British drinking song called 'To Anacreon in Heaven'. O say can you see by the dawns early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to it in 1814, after seeing British ships attacking Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland during the War of 1812. What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming? 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is the national anthem of the United States of America. O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, Surely the most famous product of the War of 1812 is the song now known as The Star-Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem since. While Key penned three more verses in addition to the well-known first verse, these are the only words that most Americans know: Some time later, Key’s brother-in-law paired the poem with the tune of the English drinking song “To Anacreon in Heaven” by John Stafford Smith and began distributing the song as “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” Eventually, the song was published in the Baltimore Patriot newspaper and soon after spread across the country as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It was played at official events across the nation, officially becoming the national anthem in 1931. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave. Still aboard the British vessel, Key began to pen the words that would later become the American national anthem. Oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. After a day and a long night in which Key thought for certain that the American fort was doomed, he was shocked when the early morning light revealed that the American flag was still there.
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