The Story of the Star Spangled Banner
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Posted: 06/20/08
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The Story of the Star Spangled Banner
June 20, 2008
The Fourth of July is quickly approaching and America will set another world record for longevity, having passed 232 years under the same governing document! While other nations average a revolution every twenty or thirty years, America continues to remain stable. Neither our closest allies nor our fiercest enemies have experienced the stability with which we have been blessed.
Some describe this accomplishment as "American Exceptionalism" -- a term coined in 1831 by Alexis De Tocqueville, a famous French visitor to America who declared:
The position of the Americans is quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one.
This description is not an indication of American superiority; on the contrary, as President John Adams observed, it should always be a source of national humility:
It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling Providence.
American Exceptionalism is the result not only of distinctive ideas set forth in the Declaration and secured in the Constitution but it is especially the result of the blessing of God -- a fact recognized and acknowledged from generation to generation:
. . . recommend a general and public return of praise and thanksgiving to Him from whose goodness these blessings descend. The most effectual means of securing the continuance of our civil and religious liberties, is always to remember with reverence and gratitude the source from which they flow. FOUNDING FATHER JOHN JAY
America! America! God shed His grace on thee! KATHERINE LEE BATES
May the heaven rescued land praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. . . . And this be our motto: In God is our trust! FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
The account surrounding Francis Scott Key's writing of the Star-Spangled Banner is a fascinating story. We have just recorded a 7-minute video of that inspiring narrative and thought you might enjoy seeing it. You can click here to view that short video, or click here to purchase and either download it as a media file or request it as a DVD that can be shown at your church or any other group as part of this year's Fourth of July celebration. Enjoy! God bless! 
David Barton
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