"of a national anthem outside of its country, however, is dependent on the international recognition of that country. For instance, Taiwan has not been recognized by the Olympics as a separate nation since 1979 and must compete as Chinese Taipei; its National Banner Song is used instead of its national anthem. In Taiwan, the country's national anthem is sung before instead of during flag-rising and flag-lowering, followed by the National Banner Song during the actual flag-rising and flag-lowering. Even within a state, the state's citizenry may interpret the national anthem differently (such as in the United States some view the"
"The Star-Spangled Banner ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. The poem was set"
"of Francis Scott Key, whose poem ""Defense of Fort McHenry"" was set to music as ""The Star-Spangled Banner."" Key has commented that he ""think[s] it's a despicable thing that someone is going into our society from another country and ... changing our national anthem."" During a press conference on 28 April 2006, President George W. Bush commented, ""I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English. And they ought to learn to sing the anthem in English."" However, author Kevin Phillips has noted that ""[w]hen visiting cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, or Philadelphia, in"
"(1798). Francis Scott Key wrote ""Defence of Fort McHenry"" during the War of 1812, while detained on a British ship during the night of 13 September 1814, as the British forces bombarded the American fort. Key specifically wrote the lyrics with this familiar patriotic tune in mind, just as he had done with an earlier set of his lyrics, ""When the Warrior Returns"", in which he had made similar use of ""star-spangled banner"" imagery. Later retitled ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", Key's lyrics, set to Stafford Smith's music, became a well-known and recognized patriotic song throughout the United States, and was officially"
"Atlantic. But the melody, if not the original lyrics, would acquire even greater fame after Francis Scott Key, an attorney, wrote ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"" while detained on a British ship during the night of September 13, 1814, as the British forces bombarded the American Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The song, consisting of Key's text ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"" and Smith's tune ""The Anacreontic Song"", is today known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", the national anthem of the United States of America. Anacreontic Society The Anacreontic Society was a popular gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London founded"
"designated as the U.S. national anthem on 3 March 1931. The setting of new lyrics to an existing tune is called a contrafactum. To Anacreon in Heaven ""The Anacreontic Song"", also known by its incipit ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem ""Defence of Fort McHenry"". The combination of Key's poem and Smith's composition"
"what Mach calls Pendleton's Jacksonian ""ardor to expand opportunities for ordinary Americans"" was the basis for his leadership in civil service reform and his controversial plan to use greenbacks to repay the federal debt. What appeared to be a substantive ideological shift, Mach argues, represented Pendleton's pragmatic willingness to use new means to achieve old ends. In 1846, Pendleton was married to Mary Alicia Key (1824–1886), the daughter of Francis Scott Key, the lawyer, author, and amateur poet who is best known today for writing a poem which later became the lyrics for the United States' national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled"
"amendment to the pledge of allegiance to add the words ""under God."" The ""New York Times"" ran article on facts and myths associated with the flag on the day before Flag Day, and then an article on the ""discipline"" of the flag on Flag Day itself, saying, with reference to a national air-raid drill ""we are all soldiers now"". Francis Scott Key, composer of ""The Star Spangled Banner"", was born in 1779, 175 years before 1954. The Iwo Jima Marine Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, with its large US flag, was dedicated on 11 November 1954. Johns and his father"
"intense all-night bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British ships offshore was memorialized by Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore lawyer who witnessed the ferocious attack from one of the vessels, and put down his thoughts watching the barrage - which failed to either destroy the fort or subdue its defenders - in a four-stanza poem, which became known as The Star-Spangled Banner and later became America's national anthem. In some cases even incomplete forts (some with fake wooden cannon barrels painted black pointed out the embrasures) were sufficient to deter attack from the sea. But, undefended and unfortified, Washington, D.C.,"
"To Anacreon in Heaven ""The Anacreontic Song"", also known by its incipit ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem ""Defence of Fort McHenry"". The combination of Key's poem and Smith's composition became known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", which was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America in 1931. The Anacreontic"
"anthem of the United States, were written in 1812 on board a Wadia-built British Royal Navy ship, by Francis Scott Key. By the 1840s, the family was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. At that time they had built over a hundred warships for Britain, and had trading networks around the world. The prominent women of the Wadia family, including Motlibai Maneckji Wadia, Jerbai Nusserwanji Wadia, and Lady Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir, were known for their philanthropy in providing financial support to Zoroastrian temples, establishing schools and hospitals, and supporting the arts in the 1800s. More recently,"
"that inspired Francis Scott Key to write ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", which would later become the national anthem of the United States. On his mother's side, his grandfather John Stanly was a U.S. Congressman, and his uncle Edward Stanly served as military governor of eastern North Carolina during the Civil War. Armistead attended the United States Military Academy, but resigned following an incident in which he broke a plate over the head of fellow cadet (and future Confederate general) Jubal Early. He was also having academic difficulties, however, particularly in French (a subject of difficulty for many West Point cadets of"
"Fort McHenry and two smaller forts to the west, batteries Covington and Babcock. The British fought back strongly with cannon and rockets. (Watching the battle from a safe distance, Georgetown lawyer and poet, Francis Scott Key who had been attempting to free a Prince George's County doctor, arrested earlier for jailing British army deserters, William Beanes, was inspired to compose the poem, ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"", which was later set to music as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", (the later American national anthem). Eventually American firepower prevailed; Napier was compelled to retire to the warships with substantial casualties, and Cochrane’s fleet"
"recorded use of the sentiment. Additionally, other songs gained prominence in keeping with British and American unity namely ""The British Grenadiers,"" and ""God Save the King"". However, with the War of Independence the tunes of the last two were combined with new words while ""Yankee Doodle"", long a tune and lyric addressed to the unique American population descended from the British became widely popular. Political and cultural links between the colony and Great Britain can perhaps explain the ongoing popularity of the two former tunes, despite the war for independence. In 1814, Washington lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem,"
"anthem of the United States, with words written by Francis Scott Key strictly as a poem, which was later set to the tune of an old drinking song. In opera, the librettist is responsible for all text, whether spoken or sung in recitative or aria. Resources for lyricists Major music publishers Major independent music publishers Performing rights societies in the USA Mechanical rights societies in the USA Lyricist A lyricist or lyrist is a person who writes lyrics—words for songs—as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's melody. A lyricist's income derives from royalties received from original songs. Royalties"
"Navy inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the poem ""Defence of Fort McHenry"", which later became the lyrics for ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", the national anthem of the United States of America. Future President James Buchanan served as Private in the defense of Baltimore. Until April 1814, Great Britain was at war with Napoleonic France, which limited British war aims in America. During this time the British primarily used a defensive strategy and repelled American invasions of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. However, the Americans gained naval control over Lake Erie in 1813, and seized parts of western Ontario."
"the British attack on the fort. When Key saw the flag emerge intact in the dawn of September 14, he was so moved that he began that morning to compose the poem ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"" that was later set to the tune ""To Anacreon in Heaven"" which would later be renamed ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" and become the United States' national anthem. During the American Civil War the area where Fort McHenry sits served as a military prison, confining both Confederate soldiers, as well as a large number of Maryland political figures who were suspected of being Confederate sympathizers. The"
"Francis Scott Key to write ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"", a poem that was later set to music as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Because of the region's polyglot population, both the British and the Americans perceived the war in the Gulf South as a fundamentally different conflict from the one occurring in the Lowcountry and Chesapeake. Before 1813, the war between the Creeks (or Muscogee) had been largely an internal affair sparked by the ideas of Tecumseh farther north in the Mississippi Valley. A faction known as the Red Sticks, so named for the color of their war stics, had broken away"
"was inspired to write the poem that became the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner— the national anthem of the United States. Since Key was on military orders to guarantee his safe passage, it may be said that the Star Spangled Banner was written by a District of Columbia National Guardsman on temporary active duty. The D.C. National Guard has played a special role in Presidential Inaugurations, a tradition starting in the earliest days of the nation. The D.C. Militia or National Guard has been at every Presidential Inauguration beginniing with an honor detail which rode with President Washington in recognition"
"the final stanza of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: ""And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'"" The change from ""E Pluribus Unum"" to ""In God We Trust"" was generally considered uncontroversial at the time, given the rising influence of organized religion and pressures of the Cold War era in the 1950s. The 1956 law was one of several legislative actions Congress took to"
"O Canada ""O Canada"" () is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which, words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The original lyrics were in French; an English translation was published in 1906. Multiple English versions ensued, with Robert Stanley Weir's version in 1908 gaining the most popularity, eventually serving as the basis for the official lyrics enacted by Parliament. Weir's lyrics have been revised three times, most recently when ""An Act to"
"a later bombardment and attempted naval barge invasion. It was during this conflict, the Battle of Baltimore, that Fort McHenry was shelled by the British Royal Navy's revolutionary newly-constructed bomb and mortar ketches warships. Although the attacking fleet stayed out of the shorter range of McHenry's artillery, the Americans refused to surrender, and inspired Maryland lawyer and amateur poet from Frederick named Francis Scott Key, (1779-1843), after witnessing the two days' attack with two companions from an American truce ship anchored and guarded along the sidelines of the enemy fleet. Key composed the words of a four stanza poem entitled"
"poem, including the flag imagery and some of the wording, is derived from an earlier song by Key, also set to the tune of ""The Anacreontic Song"". The song, known as ""When the Warrior Returns"", was written in honor of Stephen Decatur and Charles Stewart on their return from the First Barbary War. Absent elaboration by Francis Scott Key prior to his death in 1843, some have speculated in modern times about the meaning of phrases or verses. According to British historian Robin Blackburn, the words ""the hireling and slave"" allude to the thousands of ex-slaves in the British ranks"
"getting the first book collection of his newspaper panel series published. On November 3, 1929, he drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon saying ""Believe It or Not, America has no national anthem."" Despite the widespread belief that ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", with its lyrics by Francis Scott Key set to the music of the English drinking song ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", was the United States national anthem, Congress had never officially made it so. In 1931, John Philip Sousa published his opinion in favor of giving the song official status, stating that ""it is the spirit of the music that"
"Manila University. Titled ""A Song for Mary"" or simply ""The Ateneo de Manila Graduation Hymn"", the song's lyrics were written by James B. Reuter SJ, and the tune was adapted by Col. José Campaña. O Canada ""O Canada"" () is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which, words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The original lyrics were in French; an English translation was published in 1906. Multiple English versions ensued, with Robert"
"estimated that 5% of the soldiers who fought in the Civil War were under the age of 18. This marker, erected in 1881, is ""dedicated to the memory of the children who served and died in the civil war 1861-1865"". The Francis Scott Key Memorial Association commissioned the American sculptor Alexander Doyle, to create a monument suitable for the author of the national anthem of the United States. On August 9, 1898, Julia McHenry Howard unveiled the monument of her grandfather and author of the ""Star Spangled Banner"", Francis Scott Key. Key and his wife, Mary Taylor Key, were relocated"
"Hymn to Liberty The ""Hymn to Liberty"" or ""Hymn to Freedom"" (, , also ) is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas, which is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text. In 1865, the first three stanzas (and later the first two) officially became the national anthem of Greece and, from 1966, also that of the Republic of Cyprus. Dionysios Solomos wrote the anthem in 1823 in Zakynthos and one"
"is one of the world's shortest national anthems, with a length of 11 measures and 32 characters. Its lyrics are based on a Waka poem written in the Heian period (794–1185) and sung to a melody composed in the Meiji period (1868–1912). In 1869, John William Fenton, a visiting Irish military band leader, realized there was no national anthem in Japan, and suggested to Iwao Ōyama, an officer of the Satsuma Clan, that one be created. Ōyama agreed, and selected the lyrics. The lyrics may have been chosen for their similarity to the British national anthem because of Fenton's influence."
"later reworked the ""Finlandia Hymn"" into a stand-alone piece. This hymn, with words written in 1941 by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, is one of the most important national songs of Finland. Today, during modern performances of the full-length ""Finlandia"", a chorus is sometimes involved, singing the lyrics with the hymn section. With different words, it is also sung as a Christian hymn (""Be Still, My Soul"", ""Hail, Festal Day"", in Italian evangelical churches: Veglia al mattino), and was the national anthem of the short-lived African state of Biafra (""Land of the Rising Sun""). In Wales the tune is used for Lewis"
"Scots Wha Hae ""Scots Wha Hae"" (English: ""Scots, Who Have""; ) is a patriotic song of Scotland written using both words of the Scots language and English, which served for centuries as an unofficial national anthem of the country, but has lately been largely supplanted by ""Scotland the Brave"" and ""Flower of Scotland"". The lyrics were written by Robert Burns in 1793, in the form of a speech given by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, where Scotland maintained its sovereignty from the Kingdom of England. Although the lyrics are by Burns, he wrote them to"
"but Lincoln had ignored the federal court ruling. Howard was initially confined to Fort McHenry, the same fort his grandfather Francis Scott Key saw withstand a British bombardment during the War of 1812, which inspired him to write The Star Spangled Banner, which would become the national anthem of the United States of America. He was then transferred first to Fort Lafayette in Lower New York Bay off the coast of Brooklyn, then Fort Warren in Boston. He wrote a book on his experiences as a political prisoner completed in December 1862 and published in 1863 titled ""Fourteen Months in"
"Chef de Musique Léonce Chomel, and recorded around 1910 in his ""Marches historiques, chants et chansons des soldats de France"". Scots Wha Hae ""Scots Wha Hae"" (English: ""Scots, Who Have""; ) is a patriotic song of Scotland written using both words of the Scots language and English, which served for centuries as an unofficial national anthem of the country, but has lately been largely supplanted by ""Scotland the Brave"" and ""Flower of Scotland"". The lyrics were written by Robert Burns in 1793, in the form of a speech given by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314,"
"into the Patapsco during both storms. Many in the community cite the high amount of impervious surface and overdevelopment throughout greater Ellicott City to be a contributing issue to these types of floods. The mouth of the Patapsco River forms Baltimore harbor, the site of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. This is where Francis Scott Key, while aboard a British ship, wrote ""The Star-Spangled Banner,"" a poem later set to music as the national anthem of the United States. Today, a red, white, and blue buoy marks the spot where was anchored. Patapsco Valley is considered"