Landau, Elaine.

The national anthem / Elaine Landau. - New York : Scholastic, 2008. - 48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. - A true book .

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Explains what a national anthem is; recounts the events that led to Francis Scot Key writing "The Star-Spangled Banner," including the history of the specific flag to which he referred; and describes how his poem eventually became the national anthem.

810
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9780531147832

2007004486


Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843 --Juvenile literature.


Star-spangled banner (Song)--Juvenile literature.


Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814--Juvenile literature.

ML3561.S8 / L35 2008

782.42/15990973