{"id":744,"date":"2011-11-01T19:34:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T23:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=744"},"modified":"2011-11-01T19:34:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T23:34:35","slug":"the-star-spangled-banner-this-is-how-its-supposed-to-be-sung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/11\/the-star-spangled-banner-this-is-how-its-supposed-to-be-sung.html","title":{"rendered":"The Star-Spangled Banner! This is how it&#8217;s supposed to be sung!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a rather average American sat in the hold of a British prison ship in Baltimore harbor. The War of 1812 wasn&#8217;t going all that well for our young nation. Francis Scott Key fretted through the long night &#8212; had the English bombardment forced Fort McHenry to surrender? 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