User blog comment:Lieutenant General Richard Venables/My Story/@comment-3432656-20150601215053/@comment-4266719-20150606021332

Drum roll* + memes − − 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 homes and the war's desolation. − Blest with vict'ry 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! − − Everybody now! − − 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 homes and the war's desolation. − Blest with vict'ry 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! − − Again! Encore! − − − 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 homes and the war's desolation. − Blest with vict'ry 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! − − FREEDOM! − − 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 homes and the war's desolation. − Blest with vict'ry 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!
 * waves American flag*