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1 posted on 09/14/2014 11:45:13 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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There was a "Star-Spangled Banner" of sorts before there was a Star-Spangled Banner--by which I mean there was a patriotic song sung to the same tune, the words of which you can read here. I actually had a group of people once sing all the verses of this for a July 4th commemoration, and the general reaction was that it was too confusing and too long. Long is one issue, but if you take the time, you will discover how much patriotism can be found in the lyrics.
4 posted on 09/14/2014 11:49:23 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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This is better:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg


5 posted on 09/14/2014 11:54:30 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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Just said a prayer of thanks to the Almighty.

He decreed that 200 years ago today, the fledgling nation called the United States of America would not be allowed to revert back to British domination, but would remain free, and to fulfill its destiny as the shining beacon of freedom to the world.


8 posted on 09/14/2014 12:01:27 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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The song Has 4verses The first verse and the question that is only answered in the fourth verse. Inexplicably are dumb downed nation only knows of the first verse which is a shame because it is nonsensical without the other three.


9 posted on 09/14/2014 12:14:11 PM PDT by hecht (america 9/11, Israel 24/7)
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To: Whenifhow

Whitney Houston - Star Spangled Banner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lCmBvYMRs

One of the best ever.


11 posted on 09/14/2014 12:27:10 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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I think the Battle of New Orleans is what sealed America’s independence. I know a peace treaty had been signed before the battle even took place but that really lopsided win put the stamp of victory, and strength on the treaty.


15 posted on 09/14/2014 12:29:35 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Whenifhow
"America the Beautiful". I know the commie libs have been trying to get the anthem changed for years. Personally, I'd rather fight than switch. Also, what would the commie libs do about those pesky lyrics? Heh heh heh. Maybe this is why they're not pushing this change anymore.

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good

with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassioned stress

A thoroughfare of freedom beat

Across the wilderness!

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife.

Who more than self their country loved

And mercy more than life!

America! America!

May God thy gold refine

Till all success be nobleness

And every gain divine

!O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

Changing the anthem now would cause liberal DemocRATS' heads to explode all over the country. Not only the mention of God but for other lines in the lyrics as well. It just doesn't fit their "What's In It For Me" fundamentally transformed America.

18 posted on 09/14/2014 12:48:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't just stand there! Help fight political correctness!)
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Some previously undiscovered verses to the Star Spangled Banner.
22 posted on 09/14/2014 1:20:43 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Ob)
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Obama's National Athem.

Imagine this played to a video of a landscape of rioting, ISSI beheadings, out of work lines, bums on the street, everything that is Wrong With American under Obama.

30 posted on 09/14/2014 2:14:12 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_bP219ehQ

This is at a tea party gathering. Loved it. He said 2nd verse, but I believe it is the 4th.


32 posted on 09/14/2014 2:44:40 PM PDT by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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#. The first verse does NOT translate to-

“O, Jose, can you see? [Si!]”


37 posted on 09/14/2014 4:24:52 PM PDT by mikrofon (America BUMP)
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There was a very good program this morning on C-SPAN3 (American History channel) about the Battle of Plattsburgh on Sept. 11, 1814. According to the speaker, the British were hoping to drive all the way to New York City and the invasion force greatly outnumbered the defenders in Plattsburgh. It was the naval battle in Lake Champlain nearby that decided the issue and caused the British to return to Canada. If the invasion had fared better the British intended to demand in the peace treaty that the US give up its territory north of the 43rd parallel (which would mean Maine, most of New Hampshire and Vermont, and a large part of upstate New York.


38 posted on 09/14/2014 5:38:13 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Maryland “Freak State” PING!


41 posted on 09/14/2014 9:07:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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I've always been partial to "Back In the USA"

Oh well, oh well, I feel so good today,
We touched ground on an international runway
Jet propelled back home, from over the seas to the U. S. A.

New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou.

Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the U. S. A.

Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner café
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a juke-box jumping with records like in the U.S.A.

Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
Yes. I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.
43 posted on 09/15/2014 8:21:56 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Surf music is the naked truth)
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