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Baltimore, Maryland USA  State Song |
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The Fort is where the "Star Spangled Banner" was written in 1812. |
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"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? |
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The national anthem of the United States, approved by an act of Congress on March 3, 1931. The text was written by Francis Scott Key, on board a British frigate during the British bombardment Of Fort McHenry, in 1814. Key had boarded the ship under a flag of truce to arrange for the release of a prisoner held by the British during the War of 1812 and had been temporarily detained during the attack. The sight of the flag still flying on the following morning inspired Key to write the poem. First printed on a handbill and then in a Baltimore newspaper, it soon became a popular song, sung to the tune of the drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven," which was attributed to the British composer John S. Smith. |
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A city of northern Maryland on an arm of the Chesapeake Bay northeast of Washington, D.C. It has been a busy port since the 18th century. Population, 736, 000+. |
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A state of the east-central United States. it was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788. Annapolis is the capital and Baltimore the largest city. Population, 4,798,600+. |
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