Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to make sure everyone know why a certain person did what he did over 200 years ago. A lawyer from Baltimore was sent my his soon to be government to make arrangements for POW trade between the Colonies and the British.
The colonies soldiers were help about 1000m off shore in prisoner ships. The agreement was made on September 3 1814 but the COL that was making arrangements for the British said the agreement would not be needed since the colonies would surrender that night. They would not let the lawyer leave since he knew what the plans would be. The plan was to bring every British Navy ship and fire everything they could at Fort McHenry. Fort McHenry was not a military base, it was a place were spouses and children were staying with a small group of male soldiers. There was a US Flag flying and they sent word that once that flag was lowered they would stop firing and then accept the colonies defeat and Britain would take control of the new land again.
The lawyer went to see some POW's to let them know what was going to take place. Once the firing started the POW's were not asking how bad was it, or praying that it would stop. They were asking where is the flag and praying please Lord let that flag stay to where we remember it. The next day the flag was still standing, torn and leaning but still standing.
The British COL could not believe what he seen. So he let the lawyer go. The lawyer went to Mt Henry to see how bad it was and to help out where he could. Once he arrived he found that the reason why the flag was still standing is because the male soldiers were gave there lives to ensure it didn't fall. They held the flag in place, once one would die he would be moved and another would take his place.
GEN George Washington made a commit that he would rather die on his feet than to live on his knees. Later repeated by Emiliano Zapata when the country of Texas was fighting the Mexican army.
The lawyer from Baltimore that was sent to discuss POW trades was Francis Scott Key and he wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
So when you hear the music don't just sing along, actually listen to the words. "O! Say can you see by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
So when you watch the games this Friday please don't refer it to a battle field or compare it to war. I don't think we have to many true Americans left that will give there life just to keep a flag in the air.
I would like to make sure everyone know why a certain person did what he did over 200 years ago. A lawyer from Baltimore was sent my his soon to be government to make arrangements for POW trade between the Colonies and the British.
The colonies soldiers were help about 1000m off shore in prisoner ships. The agreement was made on September 3 1814 but the COL that was making arrangements for the British said the agreement would not be needed since the colonies would surrender that night. They would not let the lawyer leave since he knew what the plans would be. The plan was to bring every British Navy ship and fire everything they could at Fort McHenry. Fort McHenry was not a military base, it was a place were spouses and children were staying with a small group of male soldiers. There was a US Flag flying and they sent word that once that flag was lowered they would stop firing and then accept the colonies defeat and Britain would take control of the new land again.
The lawyer went to see some POW's to let them know what was going to take place. Once the firing started the POW's were not asking how bad was it, or praying that it would stop. They were asking where is the flag and praying please Lord let that flag stay to where we remember it. The next day the flag was still standing, torn and leaning but still standing.
The British COL could not believe what he seen. So he let the lawyer go. The lawyer went to Mt Henry to see how bad it was and to help out where he could. Once he arrived he found that the reason why the flag was still standing is because the male soldiers were gave there lives to ensure it didn't fall. They held the flag in place, once one would die he would be moved and another would take his place.
GEN George Washington made a commit that he would rather die on his feet than to live on his knees. Later repeated by Emiliano Zapata when the country of Texas was fighting the Mexican army.
The lawyer from Baltimore that was sent to discuss POW trades was Francis Scott Key and he wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
So when you hear the music don't just sing along, actually listen to the words. "O! Say can you see by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
So when you watch the games this Friday please don't refer it to a battle field or compare it to war. I don't think we have to many true Americans left that will give there life just to keep a flag in the air.
