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| retiredLEO | Aug 9 2010, 01:43 PM Post #1 |
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| Baldo | Aug 9 2010, 05:54 PM Post #2 |
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Wow! Perthaps we should sing the last verse The Defence of Fort McHenry (“The Star-Spangled Banner”) by Francis Scott Key (1780—1843) O! 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 through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O! 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. O! 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! |
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| cks | Aug 9 2010, 06:09 PM Post #3 |
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The last verse is the best. I have been on a one woman crusade for years with my students, many of them athletes, that when they are on the podium receiving the gold medal and the National Anthem is played, that they sing the last verse (I always, when I taught US history, had the students memorize and recite - or sing if they wanted - all the verses of The Star Spangled Banner). I figure that some reporter would then ask them what they were singing and then they would say. Though none have made the Olympics yet, I have a few coming up (summer) this go around so we will see. |
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| Concerned | Aug 9 2010, 06:27 PM Post #4 |
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2 1/2 million views. I received this on email awhile back but it's nice to see it again. |
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| Deleted User | Aug 9 2010, 09:03 PM Post #5 |
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How inspiring and so spontaneous. |
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| Baldo | Aug 9 2010, 11:23 PM Post #6 |
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Now that you mentioned it you did bring this up earlier. Thanks, keep it going! 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.’ |
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| LTC8K6 | Aug 9 2010, 11:38 PM Post #7 |
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The middle sections are haunting...and my favorite... 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. |
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| retiredLEO | Aug 10 2010, 02:51 PM Post #8 |
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Wow, that is quite a feat, to memorize the entire Star Spangled Banner, I have to assume you also teach the US Constitution. I never was for the memorization of anything, but for the understanding of the meaning behind what was written. |
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| genny6348 | Aug 10 2010, 03:07 PM Post #9 |
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Sorry, Off Topic; That reminded me of when my sons were young, consequences that included taking privileges from them never worked, so I made them memorize poetry. Especially my oldest - he will bring it up occasionally even now. My favorite was Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Good Boy"
They hated that one!!
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| retiredLEO | Aug 10 2010, 03:41 PM Post #10 |
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Genny, sorry but, I don't think it is off topic after all CKS is a professional educator. I like your poem, but as a lawyer would say, CkS introduced, memorization to this thread, not me. Thanks for the poem, but when I was a kid and thought about the lawn, it was all about cutting it. |
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| Concerned | Aug 10 2010, 07:52 PM Post #11 |
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genny, I had never read that poem - and I love it! I will have to pass that one down even though my boys are grown - but they might have boys one day. |
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