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	The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By Congressional resolution signed by President Herbert Hoover, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.
		This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
		Nicholson took the copy Key gave him to a printer, where it was published as a broadside on September 17 under the title "The Defence of Fort McHenry," with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner (3087 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The star spangled banner: The star spangled banner
		The Star-spangled banner, the National Anthem of the United States of America is a poem inspired by the Battle of Baltimore, fought on September 12-14, 1814 during the War of 1812.
		From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The star spangled banner: The star spangled banner
		The National Museum of American History, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, displays in its main lobby the Star-Spangled Banner which is 30 feet wide and 42 long.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/E/banner/bannerxx.htm (550 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner
		Access the Star Spangled Banner History site and familiarize yourself with the history and meaning of the song and the events leading up to moment it was written.
		Have each child sing the "The Star Spangled Banner" to you individually to assess their knowledge of the song, or 2.
		Students will learn the words and the significance of "The Star Spangled Banner." This lesson can also be used to teach the lyrics of other patriotic songs.
	www.glc.k12.ga.us /BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?LPID=53339 (761 words)

	Star-Spangled Banner
		It was the home of Mary Pickersgill from 1807 to 1857, and it was where she made the original "Star-Spangled Banner," which measured 30 by 42 feet.
		The sight so inspired him that he pulled a letter from his pocket and began to write the poem which eventually was adopted as the national anthem of the United States -- "The Star Spangled Banner."
		The stripes were two feet wide and the stars were two feet from point to point.
	www.foundingfathers.info /American-flag/Star-Spangled-Banner.html (542 words)

	Ben's Guide (3-5): Songs and Oaths - The Star-Spangled Banner
		The Star Spangled Banner Project from the Smithsonian Institution.
		This audio version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was obtained from the United States Air Force (USAF) Heritage of America Band.
		In 1931, the Star-Spangled Banner became our national anthem.
	bensguide.gpo.gov /3-5/symbols/anthem.html (252 words)

	Lesson 7 The Star Spangled Banner
		In 1931 The Star Spangled Banner was officially adopted as the national anthem of the United States.
		At first light he saw the American flag which he called 'the star-spangled banner" still flying over the fort.
		Key wrote a poem on the back of a letter that he had in his pocket.
	www.mce.k12tn.net /nation_grows/lesson_7.htm (222 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Star-Spangled Banner
		The Star-Spangled Banner has fifteen stars and fifteen stripes as provided for in the second Flag Act approved by Congress on January 13, 1794.
		At the death of Armistead’s widow in 1861, the Star-Spangled Banner was bequeathed to his daughter, Georgiana Armistead Appleton, who recognized that it held national as well as familial significance.
		Lonn Taylor, The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem (New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000)
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmah/starflag.htm (2914 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		The Star-Spangled Banner was likely damaged not only in the Battle of Baltimore but also by time, the actions of its owners and previous attempts to restore it.
		The Star-Spangled Banner, a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library, has a page devoted to the song, with audio clips of the Anacreontic Song — the musical template for the Star-Spangled Banner — and an 1854 version of the Star-Spangled Banner.
		Students who want to become familiar with the entire song can find the lyrics on Songs and Oaths: The Star-Spangled Banner, available on Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids, a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=298 (4180 words)

	American Independence, The Star Spangled Banner Chronology
		The Star Spangled Banner, America's most famous flag and a highlight of any visit, is the flag that inspired the national anthem.
		When the committee protested that it was too difficult to make, she took a piece of paper, folded it deftly, and with a single snip of her scissors, produced a symmetrical five-pointed star.
		If your star is not perfect, take a fresh piece of paper (8-1/2" x 10" -- not 8-1/2" x 11") and return to Step 1.
	www.onealwebsite.com /starsbcron.htm (400 words)

	Star Spangled Banner
		The Star-Spangled Banner remained in the Arts and Industries Building (the old National Museum) as the new National Museum was constructed across the Mall.
		When Commodore George H. Preble, U.S. Navy, was preparing a history of the American flag, he borrowed the Star-Spangled Banner from a descendant of Colonel Armistead, and, in 1873, photographed it for the first time.
		Both the new song and the flag became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner."
	www.150.si.edu /chap3/flag.htm (749 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner
		The Star-Spangled Banner flag has been faded by weather and age, and damaged during its long-time display by the influences of light, pollution and humidity.
		He was so relieved to see the flag still flying in the morning that he wrote a poem of the occasion, "The Star-Spangled Banner." He ironically set it to the tune of a popular English song to commemorate the American victory.
		This handsewn flag was made in the summer of 1813, 36 years after the Stars and Stripes pattern was adopted as the U.S. national flag.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/holidays/july4/stars.htm (495 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner
		Star-Spangled Banner 1861 - 689 KB The arrangement is by Claudio S. Grafulla; done for the 3rd New Hampshire Band under Gustavus Ingalls. The band is often referred to as the Port Royal Band, as they were stationed there during the Civil War.
		Star-Spangled Banner 1832 - 581 KB The source of this arrangement is most likely from one for keyed brass. It is simple and quaint.
		Star-Spangled Banner 1854 - 637 KB Freiderick published the Brass Band Journal in 1854. This is one of the 23 selections in that book, arranged for brass band.
	www.1stbrigadeband.org /SSB.html (239 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner
		The lab is accompanied by an exhibition entitled, Preserving the Star-Spangled Banner.
		At that time, they had on display the inspiration for our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner.
		This is the flag that flew over Fort McHenry when the British attacked it on Sept. 13, 1814.
	ignarski.tripod.com /ssb.html (355 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner, Our National Anthem
		And then, in the distant blue there appeared new colors....red and white....brief glimpses of the two-feet wide stripes of the Star Spangled Banner.
		Then a star appeared in the daytime sky, then another....then fifteen stars in the daytime.
		With his companions he strained his eyes towards the fort, willing them to pierce the darkness and find the red, white and blue banner still waving proudly over Fort McHenry.
	www.homeofheroes.com /hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfc_anthem.html (1870 words)

	Star-Spangled Banner: history and trivia
		Allen D. Spiegel, "The role of a physician in the composition of 'The Star Spangled Banner.'"
		The actual star-spangled banner was 30' by 42'--the largest battle flag ever flown.
		Flag-maker Mary Young Pickersgill, assisted by her 13-year-old daughter Caroline, assembled the flag with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, laying out yards of woolen bunting at night by candlelight on the spacious floor of a brewery.
	ww2.lafayette.edu /~gilbertn/Star-Spangled-Banner.html (730 words)

	"The Star-Spangled Banner"
		Only with the start of the Civil War did “The Star-Spangled Banner” become a nationally popular song.
		The American detainees were sent ashore, the British fleet withdrew, and Key finished the poem and made a good copy of it in a Baltimore hotel the next day.
		Both Union and Confederate forces rallied to it.
	www.classbrain.com /artfree/publish/article_187.shtml (435 words)

	Amazon.com: The Star-Spangled Banner (Reading Rainbow Book): Books: Peter Spier
		As if The Star Spangled Banner weren't moving enough, the arrangement of pictures flows along with the words of the song to create an image of heroics and bravery.
		The words to all four verses of the Star Spangled Banner and the music by J Stafford Smith follow.
		Since the words and historical setting are unfamiliar to most younger students, I have begun introducing this book with "The Story of 'The Star Spangled Banner,'" which can be found in "The Children's Book of America," edited by William J. Bennett.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440406978?v=glance (1128 words)

	Star Spangled Banner
		Background was made by using image of the Star Spangled Banner from the Smithsonian Institution Copyrighted to them, 1993.
		No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
		It was only in 1931, following a twenty-year effort during which over forty bills and joint resolutions were introduced in Congress, that a law was finally signed which proclaimed The Star-Spangled Banner to be the national anthem of the United States.
	www.robinsweb.com /inspiration/starspangled.html (426 words)

	Duhamel, Denise: The Star-Spangled Banner
		In the title poem, a small American girl mishears the first line of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as "José, can you see?", which leads her to imagine a foreign lover of an American woman dressed in a star-spangled gown.
		The Star-Spangled Banner, Denise Duhamel's sixth book of poems, is about falling in love, American-style, with someone who is not American.
		With welcome levity and refreshing irreverence, The Star-Spangled Banner addresses issues of ethnicity, class, and gender in America.
	www.siu.edu /~siupress/titles/s99_titles/duhamel_star.htm (451 words)

	National Museum of American History: Timeline
		The National Museum of American History has embarked upon a long-term project to preserve and protect its best-known artifact and the single most powerful symbol of the American nation--the Star-Spangled Banner.
		The project involves carefully removing the flag from its present location, conserving and cleaning with the most advanced techniques, creating a new backing, and remounting the flag at the Museum in a new, more secure enclosure to reduce damage from pollutants and light.
		Other possible components include a videohistory of the project, scholarly and popular publications, public programs, curriculum kits, conferences, archival documentation, an interim exhibition, an endowment for the future study and preservation of the flag.
	www.si.edu /harcourt/nmah/timeline/03ssb.htm (146 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner Flag House Activity
		Discuss with students our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner." Have them sing the song then, in their own words, write what they think is the meaning behind the words.
		Ask: "If the Star Spangled Banner" is the anthem for all Americans, why have other groups in America chosen their own anthems?
		Assign students to research the reasons for the colors of the flag-red, white, blue-and why there were 15 stars and 15 stripes.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/FT/Star_Sp_Banner_House_Act.html (737 words)

	The Writing of the Star Spangled Banner
		Key was inspired to write The Star Spangled Banner.
		Fort McHenry- Absolutely, positively everything (OK Gene?) on the web related to the Star Spangled Banner (the song and the flag) is available from links on the Fort McHenry page.
		After he was released, the three men witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry, and Mr.
	www.tc-solutions.com /croom/ssb.html (617 words)

	Amazon.com: The Star Spangled Banner: Music: Whitney Houston
		from that prefomace, it was evident that Whitney was destined to be a mega star.this preformance of the star spangled banner is incomprable.
		In what may be the classic rendition song Whitney shows how the Star Spangled Banner can and should be sung.
		Amazon.com: The Star Spangled Banner: Music: Whitney Houston
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005QEYR?v=glance (1297 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
		The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum is one of Baltimore's oldest museums.
		Visitors to The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum tour the 1793 home of Mary Pickersgill where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner in the summer of 1813.
		Tours are led by experienced guides and offer adults and children alike the chance to understand how the Star-Spangled Banner was made and what life was like for a widowed flag maker in the early years of our nation's history.
	www.flaghouse.org /about (743 words)

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	The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mariah Carey hit the B6 note in her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at the 2002 Superbowl.
		By Congressional resolution signed by President Herbert Hoover, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.
		Two years later, in 1918, the song was first played at a baseball game; in the World Series, the band started an impromptu performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the seventh-inning stretch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner (2948 words)

	The Star Spangled Banner in Real Audio Music
		The Star Spangled Banner can be added to your website by simply copying and pasting the code for the US flag onto your web page.

		The Star Spangled Banner in Real Audio Music
	www.homepage-link.to /jukebox/url/usa_anthem0.html (126 words)

	The Star-Spangled Banner
		FJHmusic.com > String Orchestra Music > FJH Developing Strings > The Star...
		This excellent adaptation of our national anthem is scored in D major and is ideal to work on hooked bowing.
	www.fjhmusic.com /strings/st6020.htm (113 words)

	Star Spangled Banner
		Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, the house of Mary Pickerskill who made the Star-Spangled Banner
		Links to everything you ever wanted to know about America's Star Spangled Banner.
		Elizabeth Griscom) the life and legend of the American seamstress that created the first American flag.
	www.theflagpole.com /all_things_american_flag.htm (710 words)

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