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  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: In addition to Star Wars toys, The Star Toys Museum displays Star Wars branded items, like Pringles chip tubes.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_238.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: In addition to Star Wars toys, The Star Toys Museum displays Star Wars memorabilia, like soap dispensers, body wash, shampoo, and lotion, and Colgate toothpaste.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_190.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: In addition to Star Wars toys, The Star Toys Museum displays Star Wars branded items, like a Jar Jar Binks soap dispenser.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_188.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: In addition to Star Wars toys, The Star Toys Museum displays Star Wars branded items, like tooth brushes.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_096.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: In addition to Star Wars toys, The Star Toys Museum displays Star Wars branded items, like a four-pack of Bounty paper towels.<br />
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<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
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<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_090.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: A display case shows the original Kenner brand Star Wars action figures -- including several of Thomas Atkinson's original toys -- in The Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, of which Thomas is owner and curator.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_224.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Star Wars toys and memorabilia are on display at the Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_149.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Star Wars toys and memorabilia are on display at the Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_141.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: The Star Toys Museum has a display case dedicated to the female characters in the Star Wars franchise.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_111.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Star Wars Starship toys hang from the ceiling of The Star Toys Museum.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_246.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: “This one of the most truly weird Star Wars pieces made... ever,” says Thomas Atkinson, 54, owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum, of the Jar Jar Binks Monster Mouth Candy Tongue.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_209.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Star Wars Starship toys hang from the ceiling of The Star Toys Museum.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_165.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: <br />
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Thomas Atkinson, stands next to a case of Star Wars branded food-related items, which includes a Chewbacca themed Spiced Latte Coffee Mate bottle, Campbell's Soup and Chef Boyardee canned pasta, Jelly Belliy, and several souvenir cups.<br />
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<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_124.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: <br />
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A case of Star Wars branded food-related items, which includes a Chewbacca themed Spiced Latte Coffee Mate bottle, Campbell's Soup and Chef Boyardee canned pasta, Skittles, and several souvenir cups.<br />
<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_117.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: An original flyer for the first Star Wars film -- using a discarded logo -- which was handed out by Mark Hamill himself, sits in a display case at the The Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Md.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_092.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, considers the Naboo hanger Scrubber Droid his favorite ancillary Star Wars character. <br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_082.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: <br />
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A case of Star Wars branded food-related items includes a Taco Bell kids meal, two-liter bottles, a Campbell's soup can, Jelly Belly boxes, and an R2D2 Coca-Cola, <br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_126.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: A Naboo Fighter store display hangs from the ceiling of the Star Toys Museum.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_102.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: A Grand Inquisitor doll towers over an enlarged Darth Vader doll, surrounded by boxed play sets in the The Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Md.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_086.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_360.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_249.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: A 2002 Special Edition Holiday R2D2 and C3PO is on display at the The Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Md.<br />
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The museum's owner and curator Thomas Atkinson reacts to it's age, saying “so it’s not old enough to vote or to drink, but it is old enough to drive.”<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_219.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: A rack of light sabers -- and a Luke Skywalker Kite -- occupy a bin at the Linthicum Heights, Maryland based Star Toys Museum.<br />
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Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_160.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: A Han Solo action figure stands atop a Millennium Falcon at the The Star Toys Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_088.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
The Millennium Falcon hanging from the ceiling, above Thomas, is a Toys R’ Us store display and one of 500 raffled off for the Rosie O’Donnell “For All Kids Foundation.” Serial #663. “I’ve never seen one with a serial number above 800.” <br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_048.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_383.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_355.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_354.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_294.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_286.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_273.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_253.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_251.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_183.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_166.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, holds a replica light saber made from an antique Graflex camera flash, just like Luke Skywalker's from the original movies.<br />
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<br />
Thomas, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_131.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
The Millennium Falcon hanging from the ceiling, above Thomas, is a Toys R’ Us store display and one of 500 raffled off for the Rosie O’Donnell “For All Kids Foundation.” Serial #663. “I’ve never seen one with a serial number above 800.” The life-sized R2D2 is a former Pepsi Store display from 1997. <br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_076.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
The Millennium Falcon hanging from the ceiling, above Thomas, is a Toys R’ Us store display and one of 500 raffled off for the Rosie O’Donnell “For All Kids Foundation.” Serial #663. “I’ve never seen one with a serial number above 800.” The life-sized R2D2 is a former Pepsi Store display from 1997. <br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_020.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
Thomas wields a fan-made light saber made to resemble Luke’s second light saber from Return of the Jedi. In darker light it glows green, but in daylight the green is a little too dim.<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_386.JPG
  • Linthicum Heights, Maryland - March 25, 2018: R2D2's of different sizes are inside a life-sized R2D2, which is a former Pepsi Store display from 1997.<br />
<br />
Thomas Atkinson, 54, is owner and curator of The Star Toys Museum at his home in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. He dresses like Luke Skywalker and offers free tours (donations accepted) of his vast collection of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth
    180325_The_Star_Toys_Museum_080.JPG
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
    151101_STARWARS_Fan_Chris_Giunta_096.jpg
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., has a Star Wars themed license plate on his truck. <br />
<br />
Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
    151101_STARWARS_Fan_Chris_Giunta_433.jpg
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
    151101_STARWARS_Fan_Chris_Giunta_226.jpg
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
    151101_STARWARS_Fan_Chris_Giunta_224.jpg
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
    151101_STARWARS_Fan_Chris_Giunta_197.jpg
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
<br />
<br />
Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
<br />
<br />
CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
    151101_STARWARS_Fan_Chris_Giunta_136.jpg
  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta and his nine-year-old son Dominic Giunta pose for a portrait in their home theater, which is heavily decorated with the original Star Wars trilogy memorabilia.<br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Pieces of the original Death Star model were given to Chris Giunta by a former Lucas Film employee during his one month wait in line for the Episode I premier in San Fransisco, outside the Coronet Theater. <br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., removes parts of his full scale replica statue of Han Solo frozen in Carbonate from his home's entryway. The statue, in his home's entry way, is still a work in progress. He put it assembled it for a picture. <br />
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He is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: A cardboard cutout of Darth Vader sits in the attic window of Chris Giunta's home in Hyattsville, Md.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., drinks from a Boba Fett helmet mug.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., holds a Boba Fett helmet mug.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., holds a Boba Fett helmet mug.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., holds a Boba Fett helmet mug.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., holds a Boba Fett helmet.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: A Boba Fett mug, and a Storm Trooper helmet made by Don Post, a famous mask maker sit with other decorations below the projector in Chris Giunta home theater. <br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta's home theater wall is adorned with framed posters, memorabilia and an R2-D2 electrical socket.<br />
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Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., shows his full scale replica statue of Han Solo frozen in Carbonate. The statue, in his home's entry way, is still a work in progress. <br />
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He is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet in his home theater. Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Boba Fett helmet in his home theater. Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Darth Vader helmet made by Don Post, a famous mask maker, in his home theater. Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: A cardboard cutout of Darth Vader sits in the attic window of Chris Giunta's home in Hyattsville, Md.<br />
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Chris Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • Hyattsville, Maryland - November 01, 2015: Chris Giunta, from Hyattsville, Md., wears a Darth Vader helmet made by Don Post, a famous mask maker, in his home theater. Giunta is a Star Wars fanatic who hates Episode 1-3. He moved to San Fransisco from Maryland and camped out for a month to be one of the first in line to see The Phantom Menace. He even proposed to his wife before the movie started. These days he forbids his children from watching the first three films and the re-released digitally enhanced versions of the original trilogy. He hopes the new films live up to his expectations. <br />
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CREDIT: Matt Roth for The Wall Street Journal
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  • 6/28/14 6:09:46 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Members of the United States Army Fife and Drum Corps, dressed in their Revolutionary War Garb wait outside Fort McHenry's parade grounds before "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony begins.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 3:51:55 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- A bird sings atop a statue of Col. George Armistead, at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD Saturday June 28, 2014. Col. Armistead was the commander of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. <br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:43:27 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- The Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction of a War of 1812-era topsail schooner docks at Fort McHenry Saturday June 28, 2014. <br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 6:09:46 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Members of the United States Army Fife and Drum Corps, dressed in their Revolutionary War Garb watch Stewart Kitchen, drum major for the Camp Chase Fife and Drum Corps twirl his mace during "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony at Fort McHenry Saturday June 28, 2014.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 6:09:46 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Members of the United States Army Fife and Drum Corps, dressed in their Revolutionary War Garb wait outside Fort McHenry's parade grounds before "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony begins.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:29:14 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Members of The Fort McHenry Guard fire the evening cannon near the end of the "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. Afterwards a 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.  2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- A 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag flies over Fort McHenry's ramparts during "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. Participants gather atop and below the fort's ramparts to watch the firing of the evening cannon. Afterwards, the flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.<br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Living historian Dave Gorrell and several Junior Marine volunteers lower the 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag flying inside Fort McHenry's parade grounds before the start of "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. "There was too much belly in the flag," said Gorrell, 75, from Millersvile, MD who's dresses as a member of the Ft. McHenry Guard, U.S. Navy. <br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Junior Marine volunteers and living historian Dave Gorrell lower the 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag flying inside Fort McHenry's parade grounds before the start of "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. "There was too much belly in the flag," said Gorrell, 75, from Millersvile, MD who's dresses as a member of the Ft. McHenry Guard, U.S. Navy. <br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- A 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag flies over Fort McHenry's ramparts. Members of visiting drum and fife corpse stand by the fort's parade grounds entrance during dress rehearsal before "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony Saturday, June 28, 2014. 2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:29:14 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Members of The Fort McHenry Guard walk by the cannons after the ceremonial firing of the evening cannon. The "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony concludes as a 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.  2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:29:14 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Smoke passes over members of The Fort McHenry Guard after the ceremonial firing of the evening cannon. The "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony concludes as a 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.  2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:26:50 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- An onlooker in direct path of the Fort McHenry's ceremonial evening cannon fire is told to leave the area by a member of the Fort McHenry Guard. The Fort hosted "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony Saturday June 28, 2014. After the cannon fire, 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- A 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag flies over Fort McHenry's ramparts during "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. <br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:07:12 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Attendees of Fort McHenry's "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony stand while flautists play the Star Spangled banner Saturday June 28, 2014. <br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- A 30x42 foot Star Spangled Banner flag flies over Fort McHenry's ramparts. Members of visiting drum and fife corpse stand by the fort's parade grounds entrance during dress rehearsal before "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony Saturday, June 28, 2014. 2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 7:16:21 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Spectators watch "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony inside Fort McHenry's Parade Grounds Saturday June 28, 2014. <br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 5:55:47 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Park Ranger Vince Vaise is the Fort McHenry Chief of Interpretation. 2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 5:55:47 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Park Ranger Vince Vaise is the Fort McHenry Chief of Interpretation. 2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Spectators ready their cameras to watch the firing of the evening cannon during "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD. Afterwards, the flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.<br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Spectators gather atop and below Fort McHenry's ramparts to watch the firing of the evening cannon during "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. Afterwards, the flag is lowered while a bugler plays Taps.<br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 6:09:46 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Members of the Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform during "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony at Fort McHenry Saturday June 28, 2014.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 5:55:47 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Park Ranger Vince Vaise is the Fort McHenry Chief of Interpretation. 2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 4:22:43 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Standing at the entrance to the Fort McHenry parade grounds, Living historian Dave Gorrell, 75, from Millersvile, MD, represents a member of the Ft. McHenry Guard, U.S. Navy. The fort hosted "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony. <br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 5:07:01 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- A cardboard cutout of a Flotilla member stands behind coolers in one of the buildings lining Fort McHenry's Parade Grounds Saturday June 28, 2014.<br />
2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 6:09:46 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Stewart Kitchen, drum major for the Camp Chase Fife and Drum Corps twirls his mace into the air during dress rehearsal for "Roar of the Drums" Fife and Drum Tattoo Ceremony at Fort McHenry Saturday June 28, 2014.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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  • 6/28/14 3:47:24 PM -- Baltimore, MD  -- Brian Auer is a member of the Fort McHenry Guard, an all-volunteer contingent of living historians. He represents a member of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla, a group of landlocked seamen who were used as part of the Fort's garrison during the War of 1812. Professionally, Auer works as the Interpretation Coordinator at the USS Constellation & the rest of the Historic Fleet in the Baltimore Inner Harbor.<br />
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2014 is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner. He wrote the poem while on a British ship during the battle of Baltimore in the war of 1812. On the eve of the Fourth of July, we use this anniversary to talk about the meaning of the national anthem in 2014 as the nation winds down the second of two unpopular wars amid fears that much of the Middle East is being lost to bloodthirsty terrorist groups. --    Photo by Matt Roth, Freelance
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