The Star Spangled Banner This powerpoint goes with the crossword puzzle and other materials from the Biography section of the Garden of Praise http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdkey.htm by D. Fisher
Frances Scott Key (1779-1843) Lawyer
Key’s House Wife Mary 11 Children
Mary Young Pickersgill made a big flag for Fort McHenry. 42 feet long 30 feet wide Mary Young Pickersgill made a big flag for Fort McHenry.
British Burned Washington, D.C. President Madison had to flee.
Fort McHenry
American Soldier
Key was on a British Ship Looked for his friend, Dr. Beanes. Dr. Beanes helped wounded soldiers. Key & Beanes could not go home. Watched the battle all night.
Key & Beames Watching
The flag was still there.
Key wrote a poem.
signs the law making the “Star Spangled Banner” 1931 Presedent Hover signs the law making the “Star Spangled Banner” the National Anthem
The original flag hangs in the Smithsonian Institute
The Star Spangled Banner 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?