Ok, quickly now – in the USA National Anthem, what are the words after “whose broad stripes and bright stars”? Who wrote that piece anyhow? And does that song have a name other that “And Now Please Rise For Our National Anthem”? If you knew that the next words are “through the perilous fight”, that the author of the text is Francis Scott Key, and that the piece is called “The Star Spangled Banner” you are in the minority. A recent Harris poll found that while many of us THINK we know the national anthem, we really don’t. Fewer than … Continue reading →