Re: Delgado better sing GBA in the World Series ...


"Mary1973" <MLAWLOR@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are you kidding, or thinking of America the Beautiful? It's hard to tell
sometimes... "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by an American
prisoner on board a British ship in a naval siege on Fort McHenry.

That prisoner would be Francis Scott Key. The flag he saw is in the
Smithsonian.

I think some of you guys need to watch "The History Channel" from time to
time.

God Bless America was indeed originally written during WWI. However, it
was not popular. It was re-worked and became popular in 1938 when Kate
Smith started to use it. As you may recall, the Philadelphia Flyers used
it instead of the National Anthem back in the 70's (or was it the 80's?).


This would be the real story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key

BWG


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