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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. American lawyer and poet (1779–1843) Francis Scott Key Key c. 1825 4th United States Attorney for the District of Columbia In office 1833–1841 President Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Preceded by Thomas Swann Succeeded by Philip Richard Fendall II Personal details Born (1779-08-01 ...
Mary Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 12, 1776, the youngest of the six children of William Young and Rebecca Flower. [1] Her mother, who became widowed when Mary was two years old, had a flag shop on Walnut Street in Philadelphia where she made ensigns, garrison flags and "Continental Colors" for the Continental Army.
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
The flag is also a symbol of exploration. It was planted on the moon during the first landing by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. The flag even has its own day -- each year Americans celebrate flag ...
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Oklahoma state flag: Osage shield. In the 1920s amid fears that Oklahoma's red flag conveyed communism, the Daughters of the American Revolution proposed the state design a new flag, and a design ...