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To: Jemian
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 wash'd out their foul footstep's 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 lov'd home and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd 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.

302 posted on 07/04/2024 9:52:57 AM PDT by Jemian ("I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.")
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To: exit82

303 posted on 07/04/2024 11:10:04 AM PDT by exit82 (Either the Democrat Party will survive or America will survive. But not both.)
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