FReeper Canteen ~ It's The Star Spangled Banner's Birthday ~ 12 September 08

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Star Spangled Banner ~
Written by Francis Scott Key (September 14, 1814)

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

As the rain cleared, and the sun began to rise, Key peered through the lifting darkness anxious to see if the flag they had seen the night before was still flying. And so it was that he scribbled on the back of an envelope the first lines of a poem he called Defense of Fort M'Henry

Barbershop Quartet

Boston Pops

Whitney Houston

USC Trojan Marching Band

Kelly Clarkson

Francis Scott Key

Military March Medley

Tex Ritter ~ Old Glory

Elton Britt ~ There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

US Air Force Band ~ Patriotic Medley

John Wayne ~ Face The Flag

The Star Spangled Banner

Please remember that The Canteen is is here to support
and entertain our troops and their families,
and is family friendly.

[The Mayor]

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September 12, 2008

Lifework

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READ: 1 Timothy 5:1-8

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. —1 Timothy 5:8

Some of our friends have chosen to curtail or leave their ministries this year. They did so in order to care for family members—for aging parents, ill spouses, siblings, or children with special needs. All were involved in fruitful works for which they were uniquely gifted. All believed that there was much to be done.

Some have chosen to reduce the time and energy they spend on those ministries; others have left their work completely. These adjustments have been difficult because ministry has been their lifework—a work for which they spent years in preparation and had many years yet to serve.

It occurs to me, however, that they have not given up their lifework but rather have assumed another. Loving and caring for others is our life’s work, and caring for those of our “own house” is the highest and holiest work of all. To deny love is to align ourselves with a cold, uncaring world.

Not everyone can leave a career or calling to care for others. Financial realities and obligations may dictate otherwise. But is not such love the mark of one who does the work of God? Did not Jesus promise that one who gives a cup of cold water to one of His children “shall by no means lose his reward”? (Matt. 10:42).

Thinking It Through
Paul says we are to help those who “are really widows” (1 Tim. 5:3-5). What does he mean by this? (vv.9-10). Who should help before the church does? (v.16).

True love is doing, not just feeling.

Bible in One Year: Isaiah 34–36; Proverbs 25:15-28

[Kathy in Alaska]

Honoring Our Heroes

AbnSarge USA
Allegra
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
Brett USN (CindyDawg)
Brother and Son-in-Law (kalee)
Cannoneer No. 4
Capt Future Snake Eater USA (RightOnline)
Capt Jason Clendenin (friend of Frou)
Chris USA (amom)
Chuck USA (RightOnline)
Col Mike (gpapa)
CMS USA
David USAF (LUV W)
Defender2
Deven USA (Shimmer)
Ethan USMC (georgiabelle)
Ev USA (Mozie)
Fred (DocRock)
GulfWar1Vet USA
IS2 Brianne USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
IS2 Heather USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
Jade Falcon USN
JemiansTerror USA (Jemian)
Jet Jaguar USAF
Joel (NEMDF)
Jonathan USMC (AZbushgal)
Josh USN (doug from upland)
Karen USA (fatima's granddaughter)
KB4W USAF (arbee4bush)
Kenneth (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Kevin USMC (skimask)
Kevin and David USA (vigilante2)
Laurita USA
LCpl Carter USMC
Lindsay (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Lt David (Coldwater Creek)
M1911A1 USMC (M0sby)
M1Tanker
MEG33's Navy Grandson
Michael USAR (RightOnline)
Mike1Sg USA (mystery-ak)
Milo828 USA (mystery-ak)
Nate USN (sneakers)
Old Sarge USA
OneLoyalAmerican USCG
PFC Dan USA (son of swmobuffalo)
Robert, Jeremy, Daynnis USA (SoldierDad)
Sat-Com Chris USA (son of KC Burke)
Sgt Brian USA (repubmom)
Sgt Dusty USA (MountainDad)
Sgt Sean Reed (preed)
Sgt Spencer USA (grame)
Son USCG (GodBlessUSA)
SPC Matt USA (repubmom)
SPC Mike USA (AbnSarge)
SSG Mitchel USA (tina07)
SSGT John Linde USA (JFoxbear)
Terrence USN (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
The Sailor
tongue-tied USN/USA
Tonkin USN/USCG
txradioguy USA
Valerie USAF (Shimmer)
Victor and Tony D USMC (weldgophardline)
William USA (jackv)

 

[Tanniker Smith]

IN!! ... if the server ever responds...

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[Kathy in Alaska]

"...if the server ever responds..."

This is so true. I thought the thread would NEVER post! This is going to be interesting. BUT...we WILL persevere!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

In

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[MEG33]

Beautiful thread , Kathy. Thank you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[laurenmarlowe]

WASHINGTON (Sept. 11, 2008) Members of a joint service honor guard prepare to raise the flag during the Pentagon Memorial dedication ceremony Sept. 11, 2008. The national memorial is the first to be dedicated to those killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The site contains 184 inscribed memorial units honoring the 59 people aboard American Airlines Flight 77 and the 125 in the building who lost their lives. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad McNeeley/Released)

WASHINGTON (Sept 10, 2008) Lorin Pfiel, a Healing Field Foundation volunteer, arranges an American flag Sept. 10, 2008, in the Pentagon parking lot. Pfiel is one of about 200 volunteers arranging nearly 3,000 flags in honor of the victims and families of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden/Released)

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Sept. 10, 2008) Military personnel prepare a medical patient for evacuation Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 from Corpus Christi, Texas to a medical facility in Dallas as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas Gulf Coast. (Photo by Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Jason R. Stephens/Released)

[j_tull]

Verse 4, my favorite.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in 1st is....The Mayor!!

[Old Sarge]

PRESENT FOR DOODY!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Birthday to The Star Spangled Banner!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
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our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

And in for 2nd....TS!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top 3....AZ in for 3rd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[The Mayor]

WOW, it’s been a while!

Thank you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, on this sloooooooow FR response night. Thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TS...how are your classes shaking out? This slow issue is driving my crazy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, AZ, and thanks for the red, white, and blue tribute. Hope you had a good commute home. We had 22 ducks dining last evening.

[Fiji Hill]

The line "no refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight and the gloom of the grave" seems to have been inspired by Job 7:2:

Like a slave who longs for the shadow and like a hireling who looks for his wages...

[Radix]

A bit of trivia concerning Francis Scott Key's family.

 

 

 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald    (aka F. Scott Fitzgerald) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, the namesake and second cousin three times removed of the author of the National Anthem.

 

A review of The Great Gatsby......which is pretty much required reading in all schools American......

 

 

BTW, I just loved the You-Tube Whitney Houston rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

[LUV W]

Good evening, Connie!

I hope you have battened down the hatches, as it were, for
the oncoming dust storm. Looked really icky in the pictures
I saw on the Weather Channel!

Stay safe!

Thanks for your wonderful Tribute! God bless the troops!

[LUV W]

Good evening Rus! Hope everything is going well with you and
your family.

The real widows? Widows who have no family to help support
and take care of them. God provides for them by asking US
to help!

[Radix]

Dude,

 

Where is the latest Book thread?

 

I just finished the book Obama Nation.     This book needs to be promoted.

 

Written by the same fellow who helped the Swift Boat Veterans who thankfully got their voices heard 4 years ago.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Fiji Hill....it sure does look it, doesn’t it. Thanks for the additional info.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ms b...((HUGS))...did you have a dry day? STarting to sprinkle here....every evening for several days now.

[Iron Munro]

The Original Star Spangled Banner

The flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem.

Made in Baltimore, Maryland, in July-August 1813 by flagmaker Mary Pickersgill
Commissioned by Major George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry
Original size: 30 feet by 42 feet
Current size: 30 feet by 34 feet
Fifteen stars and fifteen stripes (one star has been cut out)
Raised over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14, 1814, to signal American victory over the British in the Battle of Baltimore; the sight inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Preserved by the Armistead family as a memento of the battle
First loaned to the Smithsonian Institution in 1907; converted to permanent gift in 1912
On exhibit at the National Museum of American History since 1964
Major, multi-year conservation effort launched in 1998
Plans for new permanent exhibition gallery now underway

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on graphics for music)

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on graphics for music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thanks for our National Anthem...singing along. Hope Ike doesn’t make it as far as you. Be prepared!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy! Excellent thread!

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for this evening's thread Ma & great it is!

A good commute & just finished dinner & dishes.

Had a baby lizard crawl on my shoe today & didn't want to hurt it it. I shook my shoe & it disappeared....I spent the whole rest of the day itching & worrying about where it went! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Meg...thanks. Prayers for your southern family. Some of mine is down there too. Would you expect to get some of Ike’s fallout? This is my first hurricane too. This waiting and watching from afar is, shall we say, interesting. Be safe!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lady Ms.B.!

*BOW*

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi Connie! *HUGS* How's it going?

[AZamericonnie]

Really? Calm as can be here!lol

But truthfully it can can storm like crazy a mile away & we get nothing.

A very good evening to you luvie. *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Very informative post!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Fantastic pictures, lauren, of the strength of our country. Thanks.

[ConorMacNessa]

Greetings To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, Our Veterans, Their Families, FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Conor...not a bad day overall...and you?

Lots of remembrance but we here remember everyday don’t we. *Hugs*

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing great, thanks - just back home after another long day at work. I'm mellowing out with a nice Irish whiskey. :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, j_tull....it is a good verse.

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!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sarge...you are accounted for....looks like you will be getting some wet from Ike. Any issues foreseen?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good job, especially as slow as FR is tonight. Everything is taking FOREVER!!!

[LUV W]

Hope it stays that way for you!

I am having a good evening. I was off today! Yay!

My brother had to evacuate his home in Seabrook because of
Ike, and now he said in a call that they might get quite
a storm surge at his house. He’s staying with family in
north Houston.

Prayers for everyone in that area!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Seceding, at times, interests me. d:o)

Good evening, Radix, and thanks for the links to added information.

So, is Brady lost for the season?

[LUV W]

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