Hidden Verses: Quick facts on the National Anthem

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Hidden Verses: Quick facts on the National Anthem

By inoise
2 September, 2016
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The story, as most of us are told, is that Francis Scott Key was a prisoner on a British ship during the War of 1812 and wrote this poem while watching the American troops battle back the invading British in Baltimore. That—as is the case with 99 percent of history that is taught in public schools and regurgitated by the mainstream press—is less than half the story. Key after being forced to retreat in a battle against black British soldiers weeks before, wrote the star spangle banner while on a British boat pleading for the release of a friend, while watching the battle between the British an Americans.

Still bitter from his early defeat key wrote a little known verse in the star spangle banner directly toward the black British marines who were slaves seeking their freedom in return for their service in the armed forces. WATCH THIS SHORT DOCUMETARY

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