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FReeper Canteen ~ The Star Spangled Banner ~ 13 September 2018
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Posted on 09/12/2018 6:02:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
~ Star Spangled Banner ~ Written by Francis Scott Key (1814)
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The War of 1812 had been a particularly nasty conflict with the British. They had burned down the Capitol and the White House in Washington, and were set on taking the port of Baltimore, which was protected in part by Fort McHenry, just to the south. On September 7th, 1814, during the build-up to the attack on Baltimore, two Americans, Colonel John Skinner and a lawyer and part-time poet by the name of Francis Scott Key, had gone out to one of the British ships. They had come to negotiate the release of Dr William Beanes, a friend of Key who had been seized following the attack on Washington. The British agreed, but all three had learned too much about the forthcoming attack on Baltimore and so were detained by the British on board the frigate Surprise until it was over. The attack started on September 12th, 1814, and after an initial exchange of fire, the fleet withdrew to form an arc just outside the range of Fort McHenry's fire. Skinner, Beanes and Key watched much of the bombardment from the British deck. The major attack started in heavy rain on the morning of September 13th. Just under three miles in the distance the three men caught glimpses of the star-shaped fort with its huge flag - 42ft long, with 8 red stripes, 7 white stripes and 15 white stars, and specially commissioned to be big enough that the British could not possibly fail to see it from a distance. In the dark of the night of the 13th, the shelling suddenly stopped. Through the darkness they couldn't tell whether the British forces had been defeated, or the fort had fallen. 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. O, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:04:18 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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Whats in a Name?
September 13, 2018
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.
Matthew 1:21
Gip Hardin, a Methodist preacher, named his son after the famous preacher John Wesley, reflecting Gips hopes and aspirations for his baby boy. John Wesley Hardin, however, tragically chose a different path than his ministry-minded namesake. Claiming to have killed forty-two men, Hardin became one of the most notorious gunfighters and outlaws of the American West of the late 1800s.
In the Bible, as in many cultures today, names hold special significance. Announcing the birth of Gods Son, an angel instructed Joseph to name Marys child Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21). The meaning of Jesuss nameJehovah savesconfirmed His mission to save from sin.
Unlike Hardin, Jesus completely and thoroughly lived up to His name. Through His death and resurrection, He accomplished His mission of rescue. John affirmed the life-giving power of Jesuss name, saying, But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name (John 20:31). The book of Acts invites everyone to trust Him, for, Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
All who call on Jesuss matchless name in faith can experience for themselves the forgiveness and hope He provides. Have you called on His name?
Thank You, Father, for providing salvation through Your Son, Jesus. I love You.
Jesuss name is also His missionto seek and to save that which was lost.
In the Bible, peoples names often end up calling attention to their failures. For example, at birth Samsons parents gave him a name that meant like the sun. By the time he died, his name reminds us of one who lived a dark and troubled life.
The names of God remind us of one whose character never fails. He is named, described, and remembered not only as the self-existent one (Exodus 3:14), but as the all-powerful Creator (Genesis 1:1), the Lord who provides (22:1314), the Lord who gives peace (Judges 6:24), the Lord who is present (Ezekiel 48:35), and ultimately, the God and Father of our Savior (Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3).
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:04:25 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:04:41 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: 2111USMC
Good evening, Marine...are you safely far away from the hurricanes?
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:05:57 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
We made it through hump day....I wasn’t sure after Monday and Tuesday. LOL!
Hope you are well.
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:08:21 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Publius
Good evening, Publius, and thank you for Rachmaninov’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner”.
Still enjoying your new gig? Is the heat starting to back off?
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:10:24 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
In Denver just hanging until tomorrow or the next day then out on my runs and home by Sunday for a four day rest.
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:11:51 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Yes. I don’t think the hurricanes are going to get to us here in eastern Iowa.
:)
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:13:54 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Kathy in Alaska
A couple stations play the Star Spangled Banner several times a day. I remember as a kid hearing it on almost every station every day. I want my country back.
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:16:49 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: All
Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
Oer 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.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, oer the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the mornings first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
Oer 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 battles 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
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the wars desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heavn 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
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:18:27 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: The Mayor; PROCON; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; ...
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:20:00 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SkyDancer
Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...enjoy your hanging out time, and safe flights as you work your way home.
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:22:26 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: 2111USMC
In first....Marine grabs the gold!!![](https://images40.fotki.com/v26/photos/8/55348/15926494/medalgold-vi.jpg)
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:24:00 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:30:02 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: mountainlion
Good evening, mountainlion.
Me, too....I want my country back. I hate seeing her like this.
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:33:01 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:33:43 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SkyDancer
Sorry you did not get anything better than Denver. DIA is almost in Kansas which is I suppose the good part. Don’t look to closely at the artwork as it is easier to sleep if you ignore it.
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:49:09 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:50:10 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Down to the VFW tonight, asked the Master at Arms for a copy of, my DD214,
He said he could not find it.
If yall cant track this stuff how do I track this stuff? LOL
A tattoo?
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posted on
09/12/2018 6:56:20 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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