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    The Birth of Our National Anthem On! say, can you see, by the dawn's eary light. ‘Pllow many times have you sung those words? Have you ever wondered what they mean and where they came from? -The person to thank isa man named Francis Scott Key. He was a lawyer anda poet in the years after the Revolutionary War. hose were exciting times. Ametica wae vnewly independent from Great Britain. We were looking to expand west, and tO spread our wings asa new nalon Butin 1812, we hit a big snag. We went (0 War swith Great Britain. “The War of 1812 was a mess, and Dy 1814, we were losing badly. In August the British marched into Washington and stormed into the deserted White House, gobbled down a big dinner nd started setting fies. By the time (hey eft, most of he city was in flames, inchuding the White House, the Capitol building, and the Library of Congress. “Meanwhile, Mr. Key was worried about his good friend, Dx. Willian Beanes He rad been seized by British soldiers and Taken prisoner ona British ship. Mr Rey aid: prt just sit around and wait for news. He went looking for the British fleet. He found them on the Potomac River. Dr. Beanes wis there. Mr. Key convinced the British that his friend had been imprisoned unfais]y- “They agreed to set him free. But not fost, The British were about to launch an attack on Baltimore. The two Americans srould have to wait on a ship and watch

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