2006-10-17 13:41:48 · 8 answers · asked by tana p 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Denial
2006-10-17 13:51:11 · answer #1 · answered by Atticus Flinch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On Sept. 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay to secure the release of Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured after the burning of Washington, DC. The release was secured, but Key was detained on ship overnight during the shelling of Fort McHenry, one of the forts defending Baltimore. In the morning, he was so delighted to see the American flag still flying over the fort that he began a poem to commemorate the occasion. First published under the title “Defense of Fort M'Henry,” the poem soon attained wide popularity as sung to the tune “To Anacreon in Heaven.” The origin of this tune is obscure, but it may have been written by John Stafford Smith, a British composer born in 1750. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially made the national anthem by Congress in 1931, although it already had been adopted as such by the army and the navy.
2006-10-17 13:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by spotted_dog 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The song was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, on board a warship in the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, Maryland.
2006-10-17 13:51:44 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words were written in Maryland.
The tune is of a popular British drinking song of that time, and I have no idea where the tune was written.
2006-10-17 13:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by Cookiemobsta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were no states at that time.
2006-10-17 13:50:57 · answer #5 · answered by littleblondemohawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maryland
2006-10-17 14:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
China!
2006-10-17 13:50:23 · answer #7 · answered by aluminum22rocker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was actually written on a ship.
2006-10-17 13:48:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋