We'll never know what Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star- Spangled Banner," would have thought about last week's release of a Spanish-language version of the national anthem. But the reviews are in from Francis Scott Key III.
BALTIMORE - Vince Vaise first fell in love with Fort McHenry as a child. It happened the first time his parents first took him to the National Park. The Linthicum man, now 40, remembers running around the park that day, becoming excited around the cannons and early 19th-century artillery.
Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner, our national anthem. This is all that I remember from grade school about the national anthem. I remember nothing about the circumstances surrounding this wonderful, powerful poem. But there's nothing like a visit to that special historic place and hearing the story to bring to light the range of emotions connected not only to Francis Scott Key, but most especially to the flag about which he wrote and the role it has played in history. And here's the thing: I'll never forget it now, because I have seen this flag in the Smithsonian and visited Fort McHenry on Baltimore's Chesapeake Bay. I've heard the story told at the place where it happened.
That young American, of course, was Francis Scott Key. He referred to the moment he saw the flag as an ''hour of deliverance and joyful triumph.'' He recorded those emotions in a poem called ''The Star-Spangled Banner.'' Today, nearly two centuries after they were composed, his words are written on the heart of every American and written into our law as our country's national anthem.
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OH, SAY CAN YOU Just so you know: "The Star Spangled Banner" still resonates with the nation no matter how many hapless performers take untoward liberties with its lyrics. A Rasmussen Reports survey finds that only 15 percent of Americans would replace Francis Scott Key's big- shouldered, 197-year-old song as our national anthem, even with the more serene "America the Beautiful." About 82 percent of the respondents insist they know all the words, while three-fourths say the anthem is not hard to sing. Hip-hip-huzzah.
Just south of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Monday, six members of the Coast Guard skimmed across the water at 26 mph. It was a speed their new state-of-the-art, high-powered response boat could easily maintain.
The Star-spangled Banner - By Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key Lincoln Mercury, a dealership in Frederick, has filed a $2.9 million federal lawsuit against the Ford Motor Co. over how the auto maker handled the end of the Mercury nameplate. Francis Scott Key Lincoln Mercury, or FSK Automotive, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Wednesday. Among the dealership's claims are that Ford required it to build a multimillion-dollar showroom, and offered a "grossly inadequate" settlement to cover the loss of business when it was not able to sell Mercury vehicles.
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