THIS is the reason for us to keep our 2A rights!!!!

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[Jasonw560]

[Charles L. Cotton]

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!

http://www.usa-flag-site.org/song-lyric ... nner.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Chas.

[b322da]

Chas.,

This is precisely why this old man, this old proud veteran of more than one war, cannot bring himself to watch a professional ballgame anymore -- because I know without a doubt what will be done to that beautiful song at halftime. I cannot help but salute, with tears coming to my eyes, when I hear it played or sung by one who understands it, or when I see the colors march by.

But the screaming obscenity I have seen almost always at halftime makes me ill and brings a different brand of tears.

I salute you and the others for sharing it with me, although it brought those tears again to the eyes of an old man.

Elmo

[RPB]

Charles, thank you for posting all 4 verses, too often people leave at least one off.

Edited: LOL I wrote this before even seeing the video linked above.