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An important anniversary

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Do you know what yesterday was?   It was the 200th anniversary of the penning of our national anthem.  Yup.  Around 9 AM on morning of the 14th of September 1814, just when the sun was coming up, Francis Scott Key saw the raising of the 15 stars and stripes up the Fort McHenry (Baltimore, MD) flagpole.

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