The current Senior U.S. Senator from New Jersey is Democrat Bob Menendez. He was sworn into the Office of U.S. Senator on January 18th, 2006. Bob Menendez is 61 years old and serving his second elected term as U.S. Senator. His New Jersey senatorial seat will be up for regular election on November 6th, 2018.Bob Menendez is eligible for re-election in 2018 and has announced his candidacy.e was sworn into the Office of U.S. Senator on January 18th, 2006. Bob Menendez is 61 years old and serving his second elected term as U.S. Senator. His New Jersey senatorial seat will be up for regular election on November 6th, 2018. Bob Menendez is eligible for re-election in 2018 and has announced his candidacy.
The U.S. National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Key was sent to the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812 to secure the release of Dr. William Beanes on September 13, 1814. Beanes was captured by the British during their raid on Washington D.C. Beanes, a local official in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, had arrested two drunken British soldiers.
Here's a refresher course on the history of the âStar-Spangled Banner.â. The banner. The poet Francis Scott Key described a giant flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore. National Park Ranger Jim Bailey points to a replica of that flag that's 30 feet tall and 42 feet wide. Each of the 15 stripes is 2 feet in width, or as Francis Scott Key would write, 'very broad,' and each of the stars measure two feet from point to point, or as Key would write, 'very bright'. So the broad stripes and bright stars of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are not a poetic exaggeration of Key.