Irish Girl Reacts to The Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It

A story of how The American National Anthem The Star Spangled Banner came to be.

Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet. Inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he scribbled the initial verse of his song on the back of a letter. Back in Baltimore, he completed the four verses and copied them onto a sheet of paper, probably making more than one copy. A local printer issued the new song as a broadside. Shortly afterward, two Baltimore newspapers published it, and by mid-October it had appeared in at least seventeen other papers in cities up and down the East Coast.

**The Star-Spangled Banner**
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s 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?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
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.

O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.**

This is Irish Girl Reacts to The Star Spangled Banner As You've Never Heard It

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[HistoryNerd]

Just as a heads up, the original video mixes up his wars. The national anthem was written in the War of 1812, not the Revolution.

[imnotkosher]

There has been several episodes at sporting events where the sound system goes "off" and the Americans start singing the National Anthem, but at a hockey match IN CANADA the sound system went "off" during the American National anthem and the CANADIANS sang our National Anthem!!! It is great to have good neighbors!

[LithiumProductions]

“Our flag doesn’t fly because the wind that moves it. It flies with the breath of every fallen solider who protected it.”

[jcochrane]

As an Irish person, you should be proud of the fact that Irish and Scottish blood flowed in the veins of many of those patriots.

[felishahauswirth]

I'm one of those Americans that cries every time I hear this song. I've had ancestors and family members fight in every war since the American Revolution. Love this song !

[TR]

There was two flags at that battle. The smaller was flown during the battle. At day break it was taken down and a much larger flag was flown, so the British Navy could see it as they sailed away. It was a middle finger to the British Navy.

[TheRyelandfamily]

I’m an American. Born and raised in Michigan. At 44 it still gives me chills. Proud to be American 🇺🇸

[fhetty]

As a United States Veteran, this brings tears of pride to my eyes and patriotism to my heart. So very proud of my country, of my flag and of our soldiers.

[ClaytonNoel-hony]

A quote comes to mind, “courage is not the absence of fear, it is acting in spite of it” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

[johnjdumas]

One British major general to testify at the House of Commons that “half the rebel Continental Army were from Ireland.”

[lynn]

My dad was a US navy veteran who served in the Korean War. Growing up he told us that our flag was a precious symbol of American freedom and resilience, having been paid for by the blood of untold numbers of soldiers. Dad always stood for the anthem, often with tears in his eyes. Dad died a few months ago, and had military honors. My own tears flowed when the Naval officer, in his dress whites, handed me the folded flag ‘on behalf of a grateful nation’. ❤️🇺🇸

[willielarimer]

I was taught this in elementary school in 4th grade and they showed a film about the Star Spangled Banner. That was 50 years ago and i remember it like it was yesterday

[Ironhead]

As a combat veteran of the United States Navy and a great great Grandson of a man that was there in that fort that night, I can say that this song has deep personal meaning to me and my family. My great great grandfather survived that night. But, many of his friends did not. We lost a lot that night. But, freedom prevailed. God bless them. We will never forget.

[betsybabf]

It makes me cry every time. My husband always insisted the kids stood, hand on heart, even in our living room whenever it played on tv out of respect for every man who died then until now for us. He died suddenly at 45, and our youngest 3 are teen boys...I still make them stand.

[sassytbc]

Yes, they cared about the flag… because it was representative of our country. As long as it flew, our country still existed. A symbol of survival…of freedom…

[PinkHawk]

I am from Maryland where the National Anthem was written. I live just a few minutes from Fort McHenry. It makes me so proud to be an American. We also have another huge American flag at the Federal Hill Park in Baltimore City where I live within walking distance to. I see the flag from my bedroom window at the Federal Hill Park. It’s a beautiful sight! I am proud to be an American! I am proud to be a lifelong Marylander and a proud lifelong citizen of the city of Baltimore!

[ericbarlow]

The US national anthem is set to a bar tune (To Anacreon in Heaven).

Also when the British were leaving Baltimore, the soldiers at Fort McHenry lowered the flag from the battle and raised an even larger flag so the Brits could see it from farther out.

[Ed__Powell]

The actual flag from Fort McHenry (the “Star-Spangled Banner”), shell holes and tatters and all, is on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington DC. If you ever come to DC I’ll take you there to see it (and lots of other cool things) in person.

[YNWA]

I was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and an American father; I've lived most of my life in the US and consider myself an American; however, I'm proud of my Irish citizenship also and will always stand for the Irish anthem. 💚🇮🇪🇺🇸

[Ms.GreenJeans]

🇺🇸 ❤ 💙 💜 THIS is what we need to show and remind our citizens, our children, and our elected leaders. TY for reacting. I am in tears.