The Star Spangled Banner

There is some debate over whether the Star Spangled Banner should continue to be played before sporting events. Photos of Lil Wayne trampling our flag have gone viral on social media. We see Muslims in the Middle East burning Old Glory. And in the United States home owners are being harassed for flying the Grand Old Flag.

Here's our National Anthem as you probably haven't seen it before.

Placed in proper context our National Anthem is brought into clearer focus. The story behind the song is as important as the song itself. In fact, the song tells us an enduring story of our country's spirit and determination to be and live free.

Did you know there are 4 verses to the Star Spangled Banner?

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!

 

May God Bless America and May America Bless God.

 

 

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

 

I will not be posting much the next couple of days as my family and I enjoy some time together. So, I wanted to say Thank you! to the men and women who have fought, were injured and those who paid the ultimate price that I might live in a land of Liberty and Freedom.  It is important to remember, despite revisionist history, that our Founding Fathers believed they were creating a Christian nation when they established these United States of America. That Freedom OF Religion was established in order that every man could worship God as he saw fit and not as a government dictated. Inclusive in this is the Freedom to worship the god of your choice or to forego worshiping a god altogether. The Constitution of these United States and it's Bill of Rights is based soundly in Biblical principles, right down to the separation of Church from State.

 

I thank those who won and preserved and continue the battle to maintain our Freedom and Liberty from all threats foreign and domestic. And extend the same gratitude to all those around the world who have fought to to win, preserve and extend the march of Liberty, Justice and Freedom for all around the globe.  May God Bless each and every one of you and

 

May God Continue to Bless America

 

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May America Bless God.