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FOURTH VERSE- THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER


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I seen this and it made me wonder. How many people have ever seen, read, or hear in WHOLE our National Anthem?

How many people of our nation think The Star Spangled Banner, is just what is so often butchered at the beginning of a ball game?

The thought kind struck a nerve in me. So;

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fQd858cRc&feature=related

 

The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics

By Francis Scott Key 1814

 

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

 

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,

Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,

What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,

As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,

In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:

'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

 

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore

That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,

A home and a country should leave us no more!

Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.

No refuge could save the hireling and slave

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

 

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

 

The history, story, music, adoptions all make up a very colorful lesson "We The People" should all know.

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I always find it funny how people try to claim the motto is a product of the 20th century...and they'll probably say the Star Spangled Banner doesn't count either, because it wasn't officially adopted until the 20th. So what did we have before that?

 

The original Anthem was 'Hail, Comlumbia' and it contained the lines

 

"While off'ring peace, sincere and just,

In Heaven's we place a manly trust,"

 

Woops, guess it was there too...and in the last line of the Declaration of Independence. Our country was founded on "In God We Trust" whether you like it or not.

 

But don't let that stop a good witch hunt! The founders will not rest in their graves until every last courthouse nativity scene is kicked over! It's not like they prayed and held church services in Congress...oh wait, they did...but clearly by the principles of separation of church and...no wait, it was Jefferson who drafted and signed the Declarion of Independence that contained the original mention of "In God We Trust", and he was the one who allowed the Capitol building to be used for church services. ...b-but...corporations...g-global warming...

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I always find it funny how people try to claim the motto is a product of the 20th century...and they'll probably say the Star Spangled Banner doesn't count either, because it wasn't officially adopted until the 20th. So what did we have before that?

 

The original Anthem was 'Hail, Comlumbia' and it contained the lines

 

"While off'ring peace, sincere and just,

In Heaven's we place a manly trust,"

 

Woops, guess it was there too...and in the last line of the Declaration of Independence. Our country was founded on "In God We Trust" whether you like it or not.

 

But don't let that stop a good witch hunt! The founders will not rest in their graves until every last courthouse nativity scene is kicked over! It's not like they prayed and held church services in Congress...oh wait, they did...but clearly by the principles of separation of church and...no wait, it was Jefferson who drafted and signed the Declarion of Independence that contained the original mention of "In God We Trust", and he was the one who allowed the Capitol building to be used for church services. ...b-but...corporations...g-global warming...

 

 

Please keep your political rants in the politics section. This thread is (supposed to be) about the fourth verse of the Star Spangled Banner.

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This is the reason the fourth stanza is not sang at sports games. They don't want to remind us of the individual freedom this country was based upon. If the full song was played at a baseball game, I could see some douchebag from the ACLU suing the team, the city and the stadium management saying the fourth stanza is offensive to it because it mentions G-d's name who gave us the freedom.

 

The third stanza also offends them "Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution". This applies to all the leftists, illegal aliens and Muslimes who want to bring down this country.

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I always find it funny how people try to claim the motto is a product of the 20th century...and they'll probably say the Star Spangled Banner doesn't count either, because it wasn't officially adopted until the 20th. So what did we have before that?

 

The original Anthem was 'Hail, Comlumbia' and it contained the lines

 

"While off'ring peace, sincere and just,

In Heaven's we place a manly trust,"

 

Woops, guess it was there too...and in the last line of the Declaration of Independence. Our country was founded on "In God We Trust" whether you like it or not.

 

But don't let that stop a good witch hunt! The founders will not rest in their graves until every last courthouse nativity scene is kicked over! It's not like they prayed and held church services in Congress...oh wait, they did...but clearly by the principles of separation of church and...no wait, it was Jefferson who drafted and signed the Declarion of Independence that contained the original mention of "In God We Trust", and he was the one who allowed the Capitol building to be used for church services. ...b-but...corporations...g-global warming...

 

 

Please keep your political rants in the politics section. This thread is (supposed to be) about the fourth verse of the Star Spangled Banner.

 

This line is in the fourth verse 'And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."' so he seems on point to me.

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This line is in the fourth verse 'And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."' so he seems on point to me.

 

Can you point out which part of the song mentions corporations and global warming? these topics are unrelated to the discussion at hand. There is a section for politics if that's what you feel like talking about.

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This line is in the fourth verse 'And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."' so he seems on point to me.

 

Can you point out which part of the song mentions corporations and global warming? these topics are unrelated to the discussion at hand. There is a section for politics if that's what you feel like talking about.

 

 

He mentioned those 2 things at the end of his post. It wasn't the main subject of his post. AND, I do believe it is the moderators responsibility to tell people what is and isn't appropriate what to post or where to post.

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CK, we have talked about a lot of things in this forum. Relax.

 

As for the original motto, it would probably be "E Pluribus Unum" from the front, or "Novus Ordo Seclorum" from the reverse, of the Great Seal, created and ratified by the Founding Fathers in 1782.

 

"In God we Trust" was added to coins in a religious fervor over the Civil War in 1864. It was then Re-added in 1907 amid another wave of religious feelings, and finally made the "official" motto in 1956 as a way to spite "those godless commie bastards".

 

Francis Scott Key was the president of the American Bible Society... not of the United States. Calling him a founding father for writing a poem is a bit of a stretch.

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[quote name='akastormi' timestamp='1296926790' post='602278'

How many people of our nation think The Star Spangled Banner, is just what is so often butchered at the beginning of a ball game.

 

Forget about the rest of the verses, yesterday was an example of just what you say, "butchered".

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