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>In honor of memorial day, a day which is set aside solely in
remembrance of
>the many difficult and enormous sacrifices made by
those to preserve liberty
>and freedom for this Republic, I am
posting the full version of our "Star
>Spangled Banner,"
[snip]
>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 brights 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 thro' 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!
A question mark goes at the end after the word 'brave', not an
exclamation point...the phrase is asking whether the flag is still flying
over the fort....
Me, I would prefer "America The Beautiful" as the national anthem
rather than a rephrased British drinking song...
June
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