Youth Football protest

[BmorePat87]

(09-22-2016, 12:11 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Sorry to side track the thread a little, but do you guys know the story behind the Star Spangled Banner?

I think it's quite inspiring and I heard an audio "reenactment" of it on the radio once and it gave me chills.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970/?no-ist

In case you were wondering, the tune Key used was called "To Anacreon in Heaven".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KcHg5ZOIgU

Now, carry on with all your bitchin'.

Love the history at Fort McHenry. I went to school in the outskirts of the city, so we had a ton of works from the lead historian there. Being a history major, every class I had the chance to pick my topic, I'd write about the fort. For my WWI class, I wrote about how it was used as the largest prosthetics hospital during the war. For my Baltimore history class, I wrote about the fort during the Civil War (Pratt St riots and how it was a prison that houses pro South MD politicians). For a research class, I wrote about the Battle of Baltimore. For modern warfare, I wrote about the maritime defense of the city during the  War of 1812). For a local history class, I rewrote the volunteer handbook for the fort. 

Good stuff!

Also a good spot to bring a date.