The Story of the Star-Spangled BannerCapstone, 2006 - 32 pages Discusses the events leading up to the Battle of Fort McHenry and Francis Scott Key's writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and later how it became our national anthem. Written in graphic-novel format. |
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