Friday, July 04, 2008

Happy Independence Day!

The fourth--and my favorite--stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner:

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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!

Blest with victory 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!

--Francis Scott Key, 1814

Animated graphic from 3D Flags

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