Our National Anthem
As you sing the Star Spangled Banner, there is a line that goes
“O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?”
Did you ever wonder what ramparts are?
Ramparts are defensive walls as seen in this photo of Fort McHenry.
Francis Scott Key wrote our national anthem looking for the American flag after the watching the bombarding of the American forces at Fort McHenry. This bombardment was during the Battle of Baltimore on the night of September 13–14, 1814.
Taken from a Twitter feed from the National Museum of American History, one of the Smithsonian museums in Washington DC. http://t.co/LmeyCuoRAh
This is the 200th anniversary of the bombardment of Fort McHenry and origin of our national anthem.
Read more of the activities at Fort McHenry this weekend. http://www.nps.gov/fomc/planyourvisit/200-anniversary.htm
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