O Say Can You Hear

O Say Can You HearMost Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimores Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What Americans dont know is the story of how this everyday broadside ballad, one of thousands of such topical songs that captured the events and emotions of early

where she broke barriers as the only black female journalist

Marx's texts can be read for what they truly are

mementos from a former cherry blossom princess

Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters

who you are most compatible with romantically

societal reform and community building

Illustrator: Adam Rex

Aristotle towers over Western philosophy and science as no other single person does

And could you do it at the turn of the twentieth century

she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy

Written by Jonathan Rosenberg

(1917–2007)