Two hundred years ago this month, lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key wrote his famous song. You know the words, but did you know that the famous melody is modeled after the tune of an old British gentleman’s club song? Or that after “The Star-Spangled Banner” was designated the national anthem, critics complained that it was too […]
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Parade - 13 Sep 2014 11:15
Two hundred years ago this month, lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key wrote his famous song. You know the words, but did you know that the famous melody is modeled after the tune of an old British gentleman’s club song? Or that after “The Star-Spangled Banner” was designated the national anthem, critics complained that it was too […]
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