According to theSmithsonian, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in 1814 by a poet named Francis Scott Key. After seeing the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after an attack from the British, he penned one verse. Later, Key wrote three more verses, which were printed i...
According to theSmithsonian, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in 1814 by a poet named Francis Scott Key. After seeing the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after an attack from the British, he penned one verse. Later, Key wrote three more verses, which were printed i...
Mary Pickersgill: The Woman Who Sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.Megan SmithJenny WeiSocial studies and the young learner
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 after witnessing a British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order designating it as the national anthem. An act formally making it so was passed by Cong...
Rucker co-wrote most of the songs with the other members. He released a solo R&B album, Back to Then in 2002 on Hidden Beach Recordings but no singles from it charted. Six years later, Rucker signed to Capitol Nashville as a country music singer, releasing the album, Lea...
Okay, first of all, Andress co-wrote underrated Charli banger “Boys,” so it’s more germane that you think. But here’s the tea: In a recent interview promoting brat, Charli XCX said, “I drink and I smoke and I use AutoTune.” Charli has been using AutoTune live for years, and...
fashion sense, and gender fluidity—even before it was mainstream—appealed to fans everywhere. "Bowie was so defiantly, gloriously oddball, so utterly unafraid of what society might think of him... that he made it OK for other people to be different as well,"Kaite Welsh wrote for The Tele...
[ editor’s note: foxy brown’s camp refutes teddy riley’s statement that jay z ghostwrote for her. ] havoc (from mobb deep) :“foxy was always passionate for what she did. she wanted to spit a hot rhyme. she wouldn’t just say anything; the bars had to be real hot. she was...
On today's date in 1814, a 35-year-old American lawyer wrote the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In recent years, three African-American performers . . .
41. The author wrote this story most likely to ___. A. show that people are talented in different ways B. explain why some people are not talented C. inform readers about making the most of bad situations D. persuade readers to always be kind to others 42. ...