The Star Spangled Banner

In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem, Defense of Fort McHenry. The poem was later put to the tune of (John Stafford Smith s son!" The Anacreontic Song, modified somewhat, and retitled The Star Spangled Banner. #on!ress proclaimed The Star Spangled Banner the $.S. %ational &nthem in 1'(1. )h, say, can you see, *y the dawn s early li!ht, +hat so proudly we hail d at the twili!ht s last !leamin!, +hose *road stripes and *ri!ht stars, thro the perilous fi!ht, ) er the ramparts we watch d, were so !allantly streamin!, &nd the roc-ets red !lare, the *om*s *urstin! in air, .a/e proof thro the ni!ht that our fla! was still there. ) say, does that star0span!led *anner yet wa/e ) er the land of the free and the home of the *ra/e, )n the shore dimly seen thro the mists of the deep, +here the foe s hau!hty host in dread silence reposes, +hat is that which the *ree1e, o er the towerin! steep, &s it fitfully *lows, half conceals, half discloses, %ow it catches the !leam of the mornin! s first *eam, In full !lory reflected, now shines on the stream2 Tis the star0span!led *anner2 ), lon! may it wa/e ) er the land of the free and the home of the *ra/e3 &nd where is that *and who so /auntin!ly swore That the ha/oc of war and the *attle s confusion & home and a country should lea/e us no more, Their *lood has wash d out their foul footsteps pollution. %o refu!e could sa/e the hirelin! and sla/e From the terror of fli!ht or the !loom of the !ra/e2 &nd the star0span!led *anner in triumph doth wa/e ) er the land of the free and the home of the *ra/e. ), thus *e it e/er when freemen shall stand, 4etween their lo/ d homes and the war s desolation5 4lest with /ict ry and peace, may the hea/ n0rescued land 6raise the 6ow r that hath made and preser/ d us a nation3

Then con7uer we must, when our cause is 8ust, &nd this *e our motto2 9In .od is our trust9 &nd the star0span!led *anner in triumph shall wa/e ) er the land of the free and the home of the *ra/e3