4. The song lyric's Shakespearean roots.
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" contained the phrase "by spangled star-light sheen".
From "Taming of the Shrew" come the words "what stars do spangle heaven with such beauty".
But, did the "Star-Spangled Banner" coin the phrase "In God We Trust." In its 4th verse, it says, "The conquer we must, when our cause is just. And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'"
5. HOW EMBARRASSING: Francis Scott Key owned slaves and his descendants supported the Confederacy. (And, this was before the murders in Charleston in 2015.)
The North adopted "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its unofficial national anthem. The Confederacy adopted "Dixie" as its unofficial national anthem. It was written by northerner Daniel Emmett.
Just the Facts. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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