The native Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris) is sometimes mistaken for the Giant Toad. Here are a few ways to tell these toads apart: The Giant Toad has very large paratoid glands.
George Frederick Root. The Battle Cry of Freedom, also known as Rally 'Round the Flag, is a song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root (1820â1895) during the American Civil War.
On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes Americaâs national anthem, âThe Star-Spangled Banner.â The poem, originally titled âThe Defence of Fort McHenry,â was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812.