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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Shelley Miles
September Holidays, Music, September Activities
SEPTEMBER 14 – Star Spangled Banner, National cream filled donut day
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key looked through his window to see an enormous flag flying proudly at Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland after a 25-hour attack by the British. He was so moved that he wrote a poem, which was later set to music and became our national anthem.
To commemorate Key’s composition, celebrate being American. Organize your children and the other boys and girls in the neighborhood to create their very own parade.
Get out an American flag to wave and call a few other moms and dads; spur-of-the-moment notice usually works out fine. Tell everyone to dress in red, white, and blue and to grab their rhythm instruments or noisemakers. Get out some pots and pans and wooden spoons to create your own drum corps. Decorate tricycles or other riding or pulling toys for a parade. Some decorating ideas: weave red, white and blue crepe paper through bicycle spokes and tie streamers on the handle bars. Start the parade around the playground or down the sidewalk.
When it's over, learn the words to “The Star Spangled Banner” together - at least the first verse. Star Spangled Banner lyrics Can anyone hit that high b flat?
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