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The tune of “The Star-Spangled Banner” comes from an old English song called “To Anacreon in Heaven.” This song was written by John Stafford Smith in about 1775. It was a song from a British gentleman’s music club called the Anacreontic Society. The tune had been used in other American songs before “The Star-Spangled Banner.” One of these other songs was called “Adams and Liberty.”

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Making Connections

Text-to-Self

Have you ever been at an event where “The Star-Spangled Banner” was played? How did it make you feel?

Text-to-Text

Have you read any other books about the US flag and “The Star-Spangled Banner”? What did you learn?

Text-to-World

The song was inspired by the War of 1812. Have you heard of any other wars? What do you know about them?

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