star spangled banner
The Star Spangled Banner If there is anything taken more seriously than the American flag, it’s most likely the national anthem. ... At major sporting events a big honor is given to those who are asked to lead the crowd to sing what is most likely the best known anthem in the world originally named “The Star Spangled Banner”. ... With just under an 8-mile distance, the men caught sight of the star-shaped fort and the huge flag. ... Mary Pickersgill of Baltimore and her daughter were contracted with the US government to sew the Star-Spangled Banner. ... The flag named “The Star Spangled Banner” was 42ft long, with 8 red stripes, 7 white stripes and 15 white stars, specially made to be big enough so the British could not fail to see it from a distance (Star). ... The Star Spangled Banner O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed, at the twilight’s last gleaming?