The Story of the Star Spangled Banner

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The Star Spangled Banner

• Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early
  light,What so proudly we hail'd at the
  twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and
  bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,O'er the
  ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly
  streaming?And the rockets' red glare, the bombs
  bursting in air,Gave proof thro' the night that
  our flag was still there.O say, does that
  star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of
  the free and the home of the brave?
• On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the
  deep,Where the foe's haughty host in dread
  silence reposes,What is that which the breeze,
  o'er the towering steep,As it fitfully blows,
  half conceals, half discloses?Now it catches the
  gleam of the morning's first beam,In full glory
  reflected, now shines on the stream'Tis the
  star-spangled banner O, long may it waveO'er
  the land of the free and the home of the brave!

• And where is that band who so vauntingly
  sworeThat the havoc of war and the battle's
  confusionA home and a country should leave us no
  more?Their blood has wash'd out their foul
  footsteps' pollution.No refuge could save the
  hireling and slaveFrom the terror of flight or
  the gloom of the graveAnd the star-spangled
  banner in triumph doth waveO'er the land of the
  free and the home of the brave.
• O, thus be it ever when freemen shall
  stand,Between their lov'd homes and the war's
  desolationBlest with vict'ry and peace, may the
  heav'n-rescued landPraise the Pow'r that hath
  made and preserv'd us a nation!Then conquer we
  must, when our cause is just,And this be our
  motto "In God is our trust"And the
  star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveO'er
  the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Credits
This lesson was adapted from a project listed
below. The original concept was adapted to meet
the needs of my students and the specific
standards highlighted in my lesson plan.
Additional materials for the plan were created by
Trisha Singer. Additional reading to build
background can be found at the following site
http//lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.
200000017/default.html COURTESY OF This
presentation edited from a presentation that was
developed by the American Memory Initiative of
Barat Education Foundation through the support of
the United States Congress and The Library of
Congress. SPECIAL THANKS This presentation was
designed and created by the individuals listed
below. Wendy Wiegers 2005 Barat Teacher Scholar
Julie Schaul Project Development
Director Justine Braskich Community Relations
Manager Marita Decker Program Director John K.
Schaul Narrator