patriot 7,197 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 The 2nd verse of the Anthem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
datrowl 111 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Amen Brother.... Amen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marc 147 Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 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! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nutical 16 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Today I learned the Star-Spangled Banner became the official national anthem in 1931. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heath_h49008 442 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/62908-fourth-verse-the-star-spangled-banner/page__p__602278__hl__%2Bnational+%2Banthem__fromsearch__1#entry602278 Francis Scott Key was the president of the American Bible Society. Most people freak out about the 4th verse and the religious stuff, the second is in reference to a sank ship (I think)... but I kinda like the image of OBL fitting the description. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uzitiger 193 Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 I like the third stanza where their blood washed away their foul footsteps pollution. Unfortunately, only the first stanza is taught in schools even when I was a student in the 60s and 70s. This should be required teaching to every school child but one day we'll add a stanza to our dealing with the traitor within including in the schools. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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