USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Francis Scott Key awoke aboard a British warship after watching the terrifying 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry-and, by dawn’s early light, was stunned to find that our flag was still there on this day in history, Sept. 14, 1814.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the third verse, Key had a special message for the enslaved people who had dared to fight for freedom-we will pursue you to get revenge: No refuge could save the hireling and slave. from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.

Detailed explanation-3: -On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort M’Henry, ” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812.

Detailed explanation-4: -The song Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bangla by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950.