I choose to address all of those who read this as concerned citizens, instead of addled consumers. I'm told regularly to use extremely few words, give a quick action request at the end, so that Americans can go back to their slumbers.īut I don't believe the pessimists. Nowadays, some say American attention spans are so short that they won't be able to finish an essay like this of just a few pages, even when told that Abe Lincoln's "government of the People, by the People and for the People" depends on it. Will cynicism mean that Americans give up the fight for their rights on their own soil? Although each person I've talked to understands they're being cheated by this they just tend to think that other Americans won't listen, or think Americans too busy to preserve their own most basic rights.Īre Americans, in fact, too lazy or stupid to defend their own freedoms anymore? Some say that a few words about their own history will bore them to giving up their republic without so much as a fight, especially with an election law attorney writing like this as if he's Paul Revere. Having talked to many folks, I've not yet found an American who says this warning is not well taken. WARNING: a bipartisan Congress will, in the next few days, attempt to violate your #1 Inalienable Right. "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death." -Patrick Henry "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. To listen to the anthem, view one of the original copies of the poem written by Francis Scott Key, and to view images of the original flag, see the Smithsonian’s Star Spangled Banner site.Congressional Intent to Eliminate We the People from Our Own Elections - Congressional Failure to Secure and Guarantee Basic Rights to All AmericansĪmericans Must Act Within Two Weeks to Restore Their Inalienable Right to Kick the Bums Out of Office “To Anacreon in Heaven” came from the Anacreontic Society, which was a group that gathered in London in the 1700s to promote interest in music.In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a Public Law that made it the official national anthem.In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an Executive Order to make it our national anthem.“Star-Spangled Banner” facts and figures: One of the original flags that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814 is called the “Star-Spangled Banner.” This flag is old and fragile, but is now being cared for at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. In the 1800’s the song was performed and sung at public events the poem was written to be sung to a popular British melody called, “To Anacreon in Heaven.” O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, When he could see that the American flag was still flying in the morning, he wrote a poem that tells the story of his experience. If the flag was not flying or was replaced with a British flag, it would mean that the British had captured the fort. The bombing of Fort McHenry continued throughout the night, and the American flag, the symbol of our nation, was not always visible. He was trying to secure the release of prisoners but ended up being detained and held by the British. During the War of 1812, on September 13, 1814, Key watched a night-time battle between Great Britain and America that took place in Baltimore, Maryland at Fort McHenry. The words are from a poem that was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The “Star-Spangled Banner” is the national anthem, or national song, of the United States.
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