If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?  Psalm 11:3
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Francis Scott Key

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So, on that night of September 13, 1814, I stood on board the ship Minden in the Chesapeake Bay and prayed.  I took an old envelope from my pocket and scribbled a few words and phrases as the battle for Fort McHenry, and the fate of our new nation began.  My head pounded with the sound of exploding cannon shots and shells.
I paced along the deck, aware that I was surrounded by hostile sailors.  They were hoping for the fort to fall as strongly as I was hoping it would hold.
Without warning the firing stopped.  The air was still.  How I longed to see the fort. Was the flag still flying?  "Doctor Beane, quickly stumbling to the deck, asked: "Has the fort surrendered?"  "We don't know," I answered.  "We can't know until sunrise."  Time crawled.  We stood waiting in the darkness.  "The sun is coming up," Colonel Skinner shouted.  "The dawn is breaking!"  Once more I took out my envelopes.  I scribbled away, noting the glow of the dawn's early light.  The mist had cleared the smoke away.  "I can see it!" I exclaimed. "The flag—our flag—it's still there!"

Author: David Collins
114 pages

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