And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Posted on 07/06/2005 10:56:26 AM PDT by yoe
Nice find.
Good writer.
Read a lot of his stuff as a kid.
Congressman Billybob
I hadn't realized that the Star Spangled Banner only became our national anthem in 1931.
I much prefer America the Beautiful. To hear it played by the Marine Corps Band, go here:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000001/default.html
Gee, I wonder who he's referring to here?
Great find.
I'm forwarding this to our pastor; I'd inquired of him some weeks ago as to why we only sing the first and last verses in church (American Anglican).
America the Beautiful is a prettier song, but the first verse is basically meaningless. Sure the land is pretty, but that is not what makes America great. The later verses are more to the point, but you only read those in the 1928 Hymnal. You hardly ever hear them sung.
1928 Hymnal? You mean the 1940 Hymnal, don't you?
Always good to hear from the Good Doctor.
I'm with the ECUSA, so we're still singing from the 1928.
Yeah, I know..., I know...
I'll add a picture with the same theme.
Brought tears to my eyes.
Nice post...
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Seek help.
LOL!!!
Asimov is dead? Who knew. The guy invented the satellite.
Russian Born - which probably made him more patriotic to America -
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was a Russian-born American author and biochemist, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series, which he later combined with two of his other series, the Galactic Empire Series and Robot series. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of non-fiction. Asimov wrote or edited over 500 volumes and an estimated 90,000 letters or postcards, and has works in every major category of the Dewey Decimal System except Philosophy. Asimov is by general consensus a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered to be one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime.
Asimov was a long-time member of Mensa, albeit reluctantly — he described them as "intellectually combative." The asteroid 5020 Asimov is named in his honor.
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