. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. no that it was the American flag. His feelings are told in two lines of the song: Tis the star-span-gled banner; oh, long may it waveOer the land of the free, and the home of the brave ! Key was full of joy. He took an old letter fromhis pocket. The back of this letter had no writingon it. Here he wrote the song about the star-spangled banner. The British com-mand-er now let Key go ashore. When he got to Bal-timore, he wrote outhis song. He gave itto a friend. Thisfriend took it to aprinting office. Butthe printers had allturned soldiers. They
. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. no that it was the American flag. His feelings are told in two lines of the song: Tis the star-span-gled banner; oh, long may it waveOer the land of the free, and the home of the brave ! Key was full of joy. He took an old letter fromhis pocket. The back of this letter had no writingon it. Here he wrote the song about the star-spangled banner. The British com-mand-er now let Key go ashore. When he got to Bal-timore, he wrote outhis song. He gave itto a friend. Thisfriend took it to aprinting office. Butthe printers had allturned soldiers. Theyhad all gone to defendthe city. There was one boyleft in the office. Heknew how to took the verses and printed them on a broadsheet of paper. The printed song was soon in the hands of thesoldiers around Baltimore. It was sung in the. Ill streets. It was sung in the the-a-ters. It traveledall over the country. Everybody learned to sine;-: — Then con([uer we must, for our cause it is just ;And this be our motto — In (iod is our trust —And the star-span-gled banner in triumph shall waveOer the land of the free, and the home of the brave. HOW AUDUBON CAME TO KNOW ABOUT BIRDS. John James Au-du-bon knew more about thebirds of this country than any man had ever knownbefore. He was born in the State of father took him to France when he was a went to school in France. The little John James was fond of stud-y-ingabout wild^animals. But most of all he wished toknow about birds. Seeing that the boy liked suchthings, his father took pains to get birds andflowers for him. While he was yet a boy at school, he began togather birds and other animals for himself. Helearned to skin and stuff them. But his stuffedbirds did not please him. Their feathers did notlook bright, like those of live birds. He w
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