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'''The Star-Spangled Banner''' is the current [[national anthem]] of the [[United States of America]]. The poem (lyrics) was written by [[Francis Scott Key]]. On 13 September 1814, during the [[War of 1812]], Key visited the [[British]] fleet in [[Chesapeake Bay]] to negotiate the release of Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured after the burning of [[Washington DC]]. The release was completed, but Key remained with the British overnight during the shelling of Fort McHenry, one of the forts defending [[Baltimore]]. In the morning, Key saw through clearing smoke an American flag still flying after the 25 hour bombardment of Fort McHenry. He wrote a poem to commemorate the occasion, noting that it should be sung to the popular British melody "To Anacreon in Heaven." In 1916, [[President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] ordered that it be played at military and naval occasions, and in 1931 the Star-Spangled Banner became the national anthem.
'''The Star-Spangled Banner''' is the current [[national anthem]] of the [[United States of America]]. The poem (lyrics) was written by [[Francis Scott Key]]. On 13 September 1814, during the [[War of 1812]], Key visited the [[British]] fleet in [[Chesapeake Bay]] to negotiate the release of Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured after the burning of [[Washington DC]]. The release was completed, but Key remained with the British overnight during the shelling of Fort McHenry, one of the forts defending [[Baltimore]]. In the morning, Key saw through clearing smoke an American flag still flying after the 25 hour bombardment of Fort McHenry. He wrote a poem to commemorate the occasion, noting that it should be sung to the popular British melody "To Anacreon in Heaven." In 1916, [[President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] ordered that it be played at military and naval occasions, and in 1931 the Star-Spangled Banner became the national anthem.
The most commonly used section is the first verse, the words of which are:
The most commonly used section is the first verse, the words of which are:
==9/11==
==9/11==
In the aftermath of the [[9/11]] terror attacks, many American tourists were stranded in Britain. The "Changing of the Guard" ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] is usually watched by several hundred onlookers, mostly tourists, who line the pavement in front of the palace to see the centuries-old tradition, which dates back to 1660.<ref>'''Graves, David''' ''Palace breaks with tradition in musical tribute'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/14/nbrit114.xml Daily telegraph, 14 September 2001]. Accessed 14 February 2008</ref> On 13 September 2001, a crowd of around 5000 people, mostly Americans, had gathered in the absence of few other focal points in the capital for the American community. In an unprecedented move, [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] ordered the band of the Coldstream Guards to break over three centuries of tradition and to play the Star Spangled Banner as a sign of respect and solidarity. <ref>'''Kelso, Paul''' ''US anthem played at changing of the guard'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/sep/14/september11.usa3 The Guardian, 14 September 2001]. Accessed 14 February 2008.</ref>
In the aftermath of the [[9/11]] terror attacks, many American tourists were stranded in Britain. The "Changing of the Guard" ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] is usually watched by several hundred onlookers, mostly tourists, who line the pavement in front of the palace to see the centuries-old tradition, which dates back to 1660.<ref>'''Graves, David''' ''Palace breaks with tradition in musical tribute'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/14/nbrit114.xml Daily telegraph, 14 September 2001]. Accessed 14 February 2008</ref> On 13 September 2001, a crowd of around 5000 people, mostly Americans, had gathered in the absence of few other focal points in the capital for the American community. In an unprecedented move, [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] ordered the band of the Coldstream Guards to break over three centuries of tradition and to play the Star Spangled Banner as a sign of respect and solidarity. <ref>'''Kelso, Paul''' ''US anthem played at changing of the guard'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/sep/14/september11.usa3 The Guardian, 14 September 2001]. Accessed 14 February 2008.</ref>
==Complete poem of ''The Star Spangled Banner''==
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light<br />
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?<br />
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,<br />
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?<br />
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br />
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.<br />
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<br />
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,<br />
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br />
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,<br />
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br />
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,<br />
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:<br />
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<br />
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br />
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,<br />
A home and a country should leave us no more!<br />
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.<br />
No refuge could save the hireling and slave<br />
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<br />
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand<br />
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!<br />
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land<br />
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.<br />
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br />
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
==External links==
==External links==