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(100 pts) what does it say about the american view of the war that a poem about a battle of this war became our national anthem

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When he saw the fort's flag flying after the battle a signal that US troops had withstood the enemy he was inspired to write a poem originally called "Defence of Fort McHenry." The poem set to music and later renamed became the country's national anthem in 1931.

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