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	MLEC Star Spangled Banner Links
		In celebration of the Congressional adoption of "The Star Spangled Banner" as the national anthem of the United States of America on March 3rd, 1931, these links will tell you of the history of the banner itself and the song that made it famous.
		"The Star Spangled Banner" was written by Francis Scott Key, a Washington, D.C., lawyer, during the War of 1812.
		The story of the writing of the song, both the official version and what really happened.
	mlec.dadeschools.net /linkbanner.html (238 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner' (from national songs) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Most nations have selected one of their patriotic songs as a national anthem, to be played and sung on ceremonial occasions.
		The melody was taken from “To Anacreon in Heaven,” a drinking song of the Anacreontic Society (of London) that was written by the British composer John Stafford Smith.
		national flag consisting of white stars (50 since July 4, 1960) on a blue canton with a field of 13 alternating stripes, 7 red and 6 white.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-205214?tocId=205214 (919 words)

	Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China
		The hoisting and lowering of the flag are ceremoniously accompanied by the National Banner Song while those present stand at attention to give a standard salute with the right hand, held flat, to the right eyebrow.
		The National Flag of the Republic of China (Chinese: &;; pinyin: zhōng huá mín guó guó qí) is a well-known symbol of the Republic of China (ROC), which since 1949 has been based on the island of Taiwan.
		The Five-Colored Flag was used as a national flag from the inception of the Republic in 1912 until the demise of the warlord government in 1928.
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China (2141 words)

	National Banner Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "National Banner Song" ("國旗歌; gúoqí gē") of the Republic of China is played during the raising and lowering of the Flag of the Republic of China.
		National Flag, Anthem and Flower of Republic of China
		Daughters and sons of Emperors Yan and Huang count as heroes of East Asia!
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Banner_Song (245 words)

	National Anthems
		National Anthem hymn or song expressing patriotic sentiment and either governmentally authorized as an official national hymn or holding that position in popular feeling.
		The sentiments of national anthems vary, from prayers for the monarch to allusions to nationally important battles or uprisings.
		Passport a formal document or certification issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen or national with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of his citizenship.
	www.national-anthems.net (399 words)

	National_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_China
		At international events, National Banner Song is played in place of the San-Min Chi-I due to pressure from the People's Republic of China over the political status of Taiwan.
		"National Anthem of the Republic of China" (&;, pinyin: zhōnghúa míngúo gúogē), is the current national anthem of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
		At Chen Shui-bian 's inaugaration in 2000, the national anthem was sung by popular singer A-Mei, which led to her to be banned from touring in Mainland China for a few months.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=National_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_China (889 words)

	CNN.com Chat Transcript - Irvin Molotsky on the story of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' - Tuesday, July 3, 2001
		The one that got the most support was the Irving Berlin song, "God Bless America." Liberals, people from the sixties, have advocated the Woody Guthrie song, "This Land is Your Land." Neither of these have gotten very far as replacements for "The Star- Spangled Banner" as the national anthem.
		The name of the English drinking song was "To Anacreon in Heaven," and when the Star-Spangled Banner was first published in Baltimore, the publisher put on the sheet "to the tune of Anacreon," so everyone knew the tune already, and applied Key's words to it.
		They said it was suitable during a time of war, but since we hoped that our nation would be at peace most of the time, it would not be appropriate to have a martial song as our national anthem.
	edition.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/2001/07/03/molotsky (1235 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page
		Pursuant to further IOC rules, the National Banner Song was played in place of the national anthem of the Republic of China at their awards ceremonies.
		National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (328 words)

	T0000400.html
		Banner - (1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching together.
		The banners and ensigns of the Roman army had idolatrous images upon them, and hence they are called the "abomination of desolation" (q.v.).
		1:18) the young men were taught the use, or rather the song of the bow.
	www.ccel.org /e/easton/ebd/ebd/T0000400.html (8858 words)

	David Banner :: MTA2 - Baptized in Dirty Water :: Universal Records
		DMX was riding a wave of national popularity and widespread exposure that was hot enough to carry sales of two full length albums in such a short time, and one can argue that Banner is as well.
		I'd also credit his work on the "Air Force Ones Remix," except that this isn't a Banner song - it's a Nelly song that already appeared on "Da Derrty Versions" in November.
		Banner does produce a larger portion of songs that chiefly feature him.
	www.rapreviews.com /archive/2003_12_dirtywater.html (804 words)

	The National Organization of Russian Scouts
		It was the National Organisation of Russian Scouts that came to the rescue of the unfortunate refugees, many of whom were professionals and had no idea of how to erect a tent, let alone survive in such an enervating environment.
		The National Organisation of Russian Scouts comprised over 1500 members with famous Scoutmasters such as Alex Kniaseff (later to be Chief Russian Scout) Michael Plehanoff and Oleg Livitsky, leading a * DAILY * life of the numerous troops along with with their respective leaders.
		The emblem of the National Organization of Russian Scouts is the original emblem of Russian Scouting as formed in Saint Petersburg in 1909 by Colonel Oleg Pantuhoff.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /norsold1.htm (1286 words)

	flag.htm
		Once again, the patriotic song Appeal to the Youth was selected as national anthem and the new flag of three red stripes in full length on yellow became national banner.
		The patriotic marching song "Tieng Goi Thanh Nien" or Appeal to the Youth by a college student, Luu Huu Phuoc, was selected national anthem.
		They said the RVN should not have as national anthem a song written by one who was serving the Communist regime.
	www.vietquoc.com /flag.htm (610 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Project to Rekindle Singing of National Anthem
		And that -- in school music programs -- is where people learn songs, including patriotic songs like the national anthem," Mahlmann said.
		Song is a unifying force that encourages appreciation of what people have, he added.
		Some claim that the national anthem is not known because it's difficult to sing.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Nov2004/n11052004_2004110507.html (801 words)

	The Irish National Anthem
		The chorus of "Amhrán na bhFiann" or in English, "A Soldier's Song", (pron: ow-rawn nuh bee-yunn) is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland.
		In 1926 Amhrn na bhFiann/ The Soldier's Song was adopted as the National Anthem of Ireland, replacing the unofficial "God Save Ireland".
		The song was first published in Irish Freedom in 1912 and quickly became the most popular of the Irish Volunteer's marching songs.
	www.detroitirish.org /anthem.html (224 words)

	USATODAY.com - Oh, say can you sing the anthem right?
		Though it was an immediate hit, Congress didn't make the song the U.S. national anthem until 1931.
		The National Anthem Project kicks off Thursday in Washington and continues through 2007, culminating in a "record-setting performance" of the anthem in the nation's capital.
		The project is sponsored by the National Association for Music Education.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-03-07-anthem-usat_x.htm (436 words)

	NOW YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE WOMEN 1 &From "Notes and Documents", No. 6/83, March 1983&
		Throughout 1957 and 1958, as supporters of the African National Congress and of the Federation of South African Women protested in the towns and cities, the rural areas in the western Transvaal were in utter turmoil.
		The first national protest took place on October 27, 1955, when 2,000 women of all races marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria, planning to meet with the Cabinet ministers responsible for the administration of apartheid laws.
		On April 8, the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress were banned under the terms of the newly-passed Unlawful Organisations Act.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/misc/schmi123.html (8505 words)

	The Raven Banner and Other Viking Banners
		On the Anlaf coin, the banner is shown as a triangle with rectangular tabs or ribbons dependent from the lower edge, and if the device depicted on the banner is in fact a bird or raven, it is shown flying upward at an angle, wings outspread.
		The Anglo-Saxons probably thought that the banners were imbued with the evil powers of pagan idols, since the Anglo-Saxons were aware of the significance of Óðinn and his ravens in Norse mythology.
		For the Danes had a banner possessed of a wonderful property, which although I believe it will seem incredible to the reader, nevertheless, because it is true, I will insert it for him for the sake of truth.
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /banners.htm (3487 words)

	banner - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		It has come to mean a flag, or standard, carried at the head of a military band or body, to indicate the line of march, or the rallying point, and it is now applied, in its more extended significance, to royal, national, or ecclesiastical "banners" also.
		(2) in the plur., "In the name of our God we will set up our banner" (Psalms 20:5); "terrible as an army with banner" (Song of Solomon 6:4).
		The English word "banner" is from banderia, Low Latin, meaning a banner (compare bandum, Latin, which meant first a "band," an organized military troop, and then a "flag").
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?word=banner&search.x=21&search.y=11&action=Lookup (384 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner, Our National Anthem
		His Nation, just 38 years old, was on the brink of loosing the freedom its patriots had fought and sacrificed for six years to achieve.
		He never knew that his poem was our National Anthem.
		In time, the verses began to be sung to the tune of a popular English drinking song, "To Anacreon in Heaven".
	www.homeofheroes.com /hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_anthem.html (1882 words)

	Was the Star-Spangled Banner a Drinking Song?
		The words to our national anthem have nothing to do with consumption of alcohol, but the melody that Francis Scott Key had in mind when he wrote those words did originate decades earlier as the melody for a song in praise of wine.
		The song images are from The Nightingale, A Collection of the Most Popular, Ancient, and Modern Songs, Set to Music (Portsmouth, NH: William and Daniel Treadwell, 1804), pp.188—191, courtesy of Arthur F. Schrader, and the photograph of the statue of Anacreon at the Musée D'Orsey in Paris is by William Houpt.
		The song dates from the mid-1770s and it was composed for a group of London gentlemen who had recently formed a social club.
	www.colonialmusic.org /Resource/Anacreon.htm (661 words)

	PopPolitics.com -
		The "Star Spangled Banner" was finally declared the official national anthem in 1931.
		Toni Smith, a Manhattanville College senior and basketball player, has been turning her back on the flag during the playing of the national anthem for the past several weeks.
		When the war ended, the song continued to be played, but only on special occasions when a band was present -- such as opening day, special holidays or the World Series.
	www.poppolitics.com /articles/2003-02-28-flagprotest.shtml (1377 words)

	America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
		The collection spans the period from the turn of the nineteenth century to the 1880s, although a majority of the song sheets were published during the height of the craze, from the 1850s to the 1870s.
		The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning.
		Not to be confused with sheet music, song sheets are single printed sheets, usually six by eight inches, with lyrics but no music.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/amsshtml (253 words)

	Chinese Taipei Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
		The ROC government also altered the cover of the ROC passport to include the name "Taiwan": its official explanation for the addition was to avoid confusion at foreign immigration and customs that the passport holder is a citizen of the Republic of China on Taiwan, not from the PRC on the mainland.
		Whenever the United Nations makes reference to the ROC, it uses the designation "Taiwan, Province of China." Certain web-based postal address programs also label the country designation name for Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China" to the chagrin of the Taiwanese postal authorities.
		In the International Children's Games 2005 in Coventry as well as the National Geographic World Championship, the name Chinese Taipei was used.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Chinese_Taipei (1249 words)

	Internationale in 20+ languages - MP3 collection
		The version by Quilapayun, the foremost preservers of socialist music in Spain, is a version of the traditional song of the Sociaist Party of Spain (PSOE) and the UGT, the Socialist Union.
		This is because that’s a very “artistic” interpretation of the song and the quality of the recording is not very high.
		The song is used a lot more than is represented here.
	www.hymn.ru /internationale/index-en.html (1296 words)

	Girls' Life: Oh, say, can you sing it properly?
		Most girls are probably too young to remember Roseanne Barr's 1990 spit-and-grab version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," but Rosie is not the only one who has ad-libbed to the national anthem.
		The Star-Spangled Banner (Song) / Study and teaching
		The Music Educators National Conference is launching the National Anthem Project next spring to set the record straight.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IBX/is_2_11/ai_n6226347 (234 words)

	National Symbols eThemes eMINTS
		Listen to music, read lyrics, and learn how the "The Star-Spangled Banner" song became the American anthem.
		Learn about the American national symbols such as the Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, American Flag, National Anthem, and what these symbols mean to the nation.
		Listen to music and read lyrics of patriotic songs in the Songs and Oaths section of the site.
	www.emints.org /ethemes/resources/S00001501.shtml (625 words)

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		Located near Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, Stonehurst Riding Club offers riding lessons and horse training for competition yearlong from National Events to State 4-H shows.
		Their broodmares are now producing top-quality foals, some of which are offered for sale and are also being shown in halter and other disciplines.
	www.arabianinsite.com (577 words)

	Musical Vocabulary Links Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Reading or Writing Teaching Idea
		They are using the words correctly in the songs (previous knowledge) but they don't know the meanings (new learning).
		You smile because you sang that word in the national anthem that morning and you knew the meaning.
		Frances Scott Key wrote "The Star-spangled Banner" soon after he was released from the British.
	www.lessonplanspage.com /LAMusicMusicalVocabularyLinks210.htm (1864 words)

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