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Star Spangled Spectacular

9/12/2014

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This week we celebrated the anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. We celebrated the anniversary by making a human flag. The people in the Lower School were assigned to wear red, white, or blue. We lined up in rows by color to make the flag. Second graders were the red and white stripes. The photographers were on the roof to take our picture. While we were in the flag shape, we sang three Americans songs. We sang the National Anthem, This Land is your Land, and You're a Grand Ole Flag.

This flag was so important because it stayed up through the Battle of Baltimore, during the War of 1812. Francis Scott Key wrote the poem called the Defense of Fort McHenry because the Americans won the battle. That poem became our national anthem and was called the Star Spangled Banner. When he wrote the poem, Francis Scott Key was on a British ship. He was on the ship to ask the British to let Dr. Beanes, an American doctor who treated wounded soldiers,  go free. The British general thought Dr. Beanes was not treating the injured British soldiers as well as he was treating the Americans and they captured him. Francis Scott Key showed him that he was wrong and they let Dr. Beanes go. Mr Key and Dr Beanes had to stay on the ship during the battle because the British didn't want the Americans to know their plans.

This flag is different from the usual American flag because there were only 15 stars and 15 stripes. There were only 15 states in the USA at the time. Today there are 13 stripes and 50 stars on the flag.

We were excited to participate in this activity because it was the 200th anniversary! Go red, white and blue!

This post was written by the members of class 2B.


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Mrs. Gelber
9/14/2014 03:57:34 am

I am so glad that your class enjoyed being part of our Living Flag. Did you know that an organization called the "Friends of Fort McHenry" encouraged schools all over the United States to make Living Flags? Did any of you get to participate in any other parts of Baltimore's Star Spangled Spectacular this week?

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Lauren Wright link
9/14/2014 01:57:20 pm

Oscar really enjoyed being a part of the living flag. It was fun to zoom in on the photograph and see him. Then to zoom out and see how everyone created the American flag. Also, reading a book about the war, the battle of Baltimore was very interesting.

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Julia B.
9/28/2014 11:35:27 am

I went to the harbor and saw the Blue Angels. It was fun. I got to make my own sailor's hat and then I got to go onto really big sailboats.

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