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  2. The Music of the Moment o

    "The Star Spangled Banner." America's "Rule Britannia," was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, and was first known as "The Defence of Fort McHenry. Some time later it was set to music by Ferdinand Durany, who applied to it the old air of "Adams and Liberty." On the shore, dimly seen through the mist of the deep, where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 406 words
  3. The Official Welcome.

    The scene in the Outer Domain on Friday morning, where an amphitheatre had been formed, with a fine stand towards the side in the centre, and seating ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 577 words
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  5. The U.S.A. Fleet in Sydney

    The officers of the American Fleet who attended the State banquet in their honor on Friday night felt quite at home. It was just a family gathering, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,499 words
  6. A Song of Welcome.

    Now here's good health to Uncle Sam! And fill the bumper high With water fresh from Prospect Dam And Old Kentucky Rye! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 361 words
  7. "MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE."

    The national hymn of America is "My Country, 'tis of Thee," written between 1831-2 by Dr. Samuel Francis Smith, who died in 1896. In a letter dated Newton Centre, Massachusetts, June 11, 1861, the composer wrote: "The song was written at Andover during my student life there, I think, in the Winter of 1831-32. It was first used publicly at a Sunday-school celebration on July 4, in Boston. I had in my possession a quantity of German song-books, from which I was selecting such music as pleased me, and finding "God Save the King," proceeded to give it the ring of American ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 199 words
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