[Kentucky] Gov. Ernie Fletcher on Monday ordered an exhibit that includes the Ten Commandments, the Magna Carta and the “Star Spangled Banner” be put on display in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda, surrounding a mammoth statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Fletcher, who lost a bid for re-election the next day, signed an executive order proclaiming the documents have played important roles in developing the current legal system and should remain on display until another governor or legal ruling forces them down.
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One plaque, about the national anthem, reads: “Both the new song and the flag became known as ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ and became a rallying cry for the American patriots during the Revolutionary War.”
But Francis Scott Key didn’t write “The Star-Spangled Banner” until 1814 after a battle at Maryland’s Fort McHenry, and the American Revolution ended in 1781.
And don’t even get me started on the “nine-ten-or-eleven commandments.”