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FReeper Canteen ~ The Star Spangled Banner ~ 15 September 2016
Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The World !!
| The Canteen Crew
Posted on 09/14/2016 5:59:10 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
The FReeper Canteen presents....
~ The Star Spangled Banner ~ Written by Francis Scott Key (1814)
Canteen Mission Statement
Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
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: SkyDancer
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:24:48 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Publius
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:25:51 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
just had nurse fix a cold pack ...........we shall see
HUGS
To: All
The Star Spangled Banner
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
09/14/2016 6:28:57 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather
In first....Ms Feather grabs the gold!!
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:30:56 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
And in second....ML snags the silver!!
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:33:21 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: Diana in Wisconsin
And rounding out the top three....Diana bags the bronze!!
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:34:47 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”.
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:36:45 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SkyDancer
My smiling plane...love it! Have you had your interview yet?
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:39:08 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:40:13 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
It was nice.
Resting tonight.
Saturday I will be participating in a 3 mile walk for Alzheimers research with my sister.
I hope the weather is nice!
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:42:36 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: ColdOne
Good evening, Idaho....does Fredd have a bright, international orange coat? We want him to be safe from the hunters.
Thanks for the blessings for our troops and country. Both are needed badly. ((HUGS))
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:47:34 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: lightman
Good evening, lightman...thanks for sharing. All the words have meaning.
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:49:26 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Jolla
Welcome to the Canteen, Jolla. What a great experience.
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:52:03 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Soaring Feather
A cold pack sounds like a good idea. Hope it works for you.
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:53:28 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: smalltownslick
Welcome to the Canteen, smalltownslick....those are both really great versions. WOW!
I never tire of hearing our National Anthem when people aren’t screwing with it.
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:57:37 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
Will Lynn-Dah be accompanying you?
Ankles in good shape? Watch for holes in your pathway.
Tis a good thing you are doing.
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posted on
09/14/2016 6:59:47 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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posted on
09/14/2016 7:00:25 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
( (~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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