Tea Party Member Stuns Crowd

[theGinsue]

That was fantastic. Thank you for sharing that.

The video referred to "Douglas County". Is that our (Colorado's) Dounglas County do you suppose?

[rondog]

That was fantastic. Thank you for sharing that.

The video referred to "Douglas County". Is that our (Colorado's) Douglas County do you suppose?

I went to the website, looks like it's in Georgia.

[Colorado Osprey]

The gentleman in the video was actually referring to the last stanza, not the second.

There are more than 2 stanza's:

"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."

Here is also a 5th stanza adopted by the north during the American Civil War:

"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."

[Birddog1911]

All of this wind must have blown a lot of dust in here...

[theGinsue]

I'm curious. Any of you know how many of these stanza's were actually written by Francis Scott Key? I'd wager a guess that the 5th stanza was NOT a Key original stanza.

[ronaldrwl]

That was awsome

From Wikipedia:
Additional Civil War period lyrics
In indignation over the start of the Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes[13] added a fifth stanza to the song in 1861 which appeared in songbooks of the era.[14]

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.

Link to the original 4 verses written by hand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KeysSSB.jpg

[cowboykjohnson]

Wow... scroll down to the comments and read what Paul has to say... I don't think he is all there.