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The Forgotten Verse Of The Star Spangled Banner
The Hope for America ^ | June 6, 2010 | The Hope for America

Posted on 06/07/2010 1:48:48 AM PDT by Puzzleman

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To: bilhosty

Check out this moving musical history of the origin of the SSB on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwsq7frSB5Q&feature=PlayList&p=4EE02887A383DF7B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

Does the current regime allow our Military Academy Choirs to perform at sporting events like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETrr-XHBjE&fmt=18

...any more?

Apparently even the Slickmeister didn’t have a problem with a little patriotism from time to time. He even renders proper respect.


21 posted on 06/07/2010 6:11:19 AM PDT by George Varnum (Liberty, like our Forefather's Flintlock Musket, must be kept clean, oiled, and READY!)
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To: Jemian

bttt


22 posted on 06/07/2010 6:28:01 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Jemian

Thank you for posting all four stanzas of our glorious anthem!


23 posted on 06/07/2010 11:28:29 AM PDT by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: Puzzleman
Time to review?
24 posted on 06/07/2010 11:33:43 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Stepan12
the third verse that is rarely rarely sung because it is anti British.

But only in a very patriotic, "We kicked their butts when they came at us" kind of way.:)

25 posted on 06/08/2010 12:50:00 AM PDT by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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