what does the star apangled banner mean?

Question

can som1 give me a rewrite of it in hteir own words? please!!

Answer 1

It means a flag with stars on it.

Updated to add the song is talking about the US flag still waving after a heavy night of fighting.

Answer 2

Unlikely that you would find any who know all the lyrics and could paraphrase the meaning line for line. The one piece of common knowledge to Americans is that it was an expression of inspiration at the sight of the American flag flying at full mast after America's victory over the British in a War of 1812 battle.

Excerpts from Wikipedia:

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is the national anthem of the United States of America, with lyrics written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, wrote them as a poem after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, by British ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812."

"Key was inspired by the American victory and the sight of the large American flag flying triumphantly above the fort. This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, came to be known as the Star Spangled Banner Flag and is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a treasure of the Smithsonian Institution. It was restored in 1914 by Amelia Fowler, and again in 1998 as part of an ongoing conservation program."

"When sung in public (before major sporting events, for example), verses after the first are almost always omitted, and few Americans know their words, or even that they exist. Isaac Asimov’s short story “No Refuge Could Save” made light of this: a foreign spy was identified when it was found he knew every stanza, the joke being that no “real” American would know the whole text."

Answer 3

It's a poem written by Francis Scott Key which he wrote during the battle for Fort McHenry. That battle proved to be a turning point in the war.

The poem was later put to music.

Picture yourself in a fort being bombarded by warships all night long and reread the lyrics and see if they don't make more sense.

Answer 4

It represents the United States of America and is a symbol of freedom. It show independence and brings hope to those seeing it for the very first time. Hope i was helpful.