അമേരിക്കയുടെ ദേശീയഗാനം

ദ സ്റ്റാർ സ്പാൻ‌ഗിൾഡ് ബാനർ ആണ്‌ അമേരിക്കയുടെ ദേശീയഗാനം. ൧൮൧൪ (1814)-ൽ ബാൾട്ടിമോറിൽ വെച്ചു നടന്ന യുദ്ധത്തിനു സാക്ഷ്യം വഹിച്ച ഫ്രാൻസിസ് സ്കോട്ട് കീ, അന്ന് ബ്രിട്ടീഷുകാർ തോറ്റു മടങ്ങവേ ഫോർട്ട് മക്‌ഹെന്രിയിൽ ഉയർത്തിയ ഭീമൻ പതാകയെ വർണ്ണിച്ച് എഴുതിയതാണ്‌ ഈ ഗാനം. ഡിഫൻസ് ഓഫ് ബാൾട്ടിമോർ എന്നു പേരിട്ടിരുന്ന ഗാനത്തിനെ ൧൯൩൧ (1931) മാർച്ച് 3-ആം തീയതി ദേശീയഗാനമായി അംഗീകരിച്ചു.

 വരികൾ 
O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Francis Scott Key, The Star Spangled Banner (lyrics), 1814, MENC: The National Association for Music Education National Anthem Project (archived from the original Archived January 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. on 2013-01-26).

മീഡിയ


ഇവയും കാണുക

 In God We Trust
 Sign-on and sign-off

അവലംബം

കൂടുതൽ വായനയ്ക്ക്
Ferris, Marc. Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America's National Anthem. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.  
Leepson, Marc.  What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, a Life. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.  

ബാഹ്യ ലിങ്കുകൾ
"New book reveals the dark history behind the Star Spangled Banner," CBS This Morning, September 13, 2014.
"Star-Spangled History: 5 Facts About the Making of the National Anthem," Biography.com . 
"'Star-Spangled Banner' writer had a complex record on race," Mary Carole McCauley,' 'Baltimore Sun'', July 26, 2014. 
"The Man Behind The National Anthem Paid Little Attention To It." NPR's "Hear and Now," July 4, 2017. 

Star-Spangled Banner (Memory): American Treasures of the Library of Congress
 "How the National Anthem Has Unfurled; 'The Star-Spangled Banner' Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years."  By WILLIAM ROBIN JUNE 27, 2014 The New York Times
 C-SPAN American History TV tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Star-Spangled Banner exhibit

ചരിത്രപരമായ ഓഡിയോ
The Star Spangled Banner, The Diamond Four, 1898
The Star Spangled Banner, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, 1915

വർഗ്ഗം:ദേശീയ ഗാനങ്ങൾ