THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
HISTORY OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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there is going to be some kind of celebration having to do with the American flag.
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the play will be about stars spangling around cats.
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there will be some kind of problem having to do with the American flag.
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there will be prosperity with the American flag.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On September 14, 1814, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars” inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem.
Detailed explanation-2: -You asked, we answered: Why is there a question mark at the end of the National Anthem? The short answer: because Francis Scott Key wrote it that way.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Star-Spangled Banner” facts and figures: In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an Executive Order to make it our national anthem. In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a Public Law that made it the official national anthem.
Detailed explanation-4: -This patriotic song, whose words were written by Francis Scott Key on Sept. 14, 1814, during the War of 1812 with Great Britain, was adopted by Congress as the U.S. national anthem in 1931.