The Smithsonian has special plans for Flag Day celebrations this year, as it also the 200th anniversary of our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key. From the website of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History “the museum is organizing a grand singalong of the anthem on the Mall, but extending, we hope, much farther. Taking part in “Raise it Up! Anthem for America,” in Washington, D.C., will be a celebrity singer, hundreds of members of American choruses, and, well, anyone else who wants to join in the party. What’s more, organizers have approached the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts, and the State Department, about encouraging singalongs across the nation and the globe. We’ve got our eye on setting a new Guinness World Record for largest collective national-anthem performance. (Check in at anthemforamerica.si.edu for updates and multimedia features.)”
During the War of 1812, on September 13–14, 1814, Francis Scott Key watched Fort McHenry being bombed by the British forces in the Battle of Baltimore. In the morning, Key could see that the American flag was still flown over Fort McHenry, showing that the Americans had not lost possession of it. The inspired Key’s to write a poem, which became “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Learn more about Francis Scott Key with your class with my book Francis Scott Key and The Star-Spangled Banner: First Grade - Level I Reader.
This first grade Level I reader gives students the interesting background of the United States national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Francis Scott Key and the American Flag are also included in my First Grade Level I – Set 2 set of leveled books.
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