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History of the Star Spangled Banner
David Barton gives the true story behind our National Anthem.
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The story behind the "Star Spangled Banner" our National Anthem
Dudley Rutherford, senior pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California, explains the story behind the "Star Spangled Banner" - our National Anthem. This the first nine minutes of the sermon delivered on the Fourth of July.
And here the ENTIRE anthem sung by the beautiful voice of my dear brother in Christ, Mike Burrell. You've heard him also through his Bible readings on his other channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/FamilyBibleTime
Star Spangled Banner
All 5 verses
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, O! 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!
In indignation over the start of the Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes added a fifth stanza to the song in 1861 which appeared in songbooks of the era.
When our land is illumined with liberty's smile,
If a foe from within strikes a blow at her glory,
Down, down with the traitor that tries to defile
The flag of the stars, and the page of her story!
By the millions unchained,
Who their birthright have gained
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave,
While the land of the free is the home of the brave.
This last stanza is very important today, at a time we seek to destroy the premise under which one gains the privilege of being an American Citizen!
By the millions unchained,
Who their birthright have gained
Who their birthright have gained
Citizenship was extended, AND RIGHTFULLY SO,
TO THOSE BORN OF SLAVES!
Today the hypocritical politician and the bleeding-heart Liberals seek to extend this covetous Citizenship to anyone and everyone who illegally crosses our borders with the intent of deriding our laws!
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