Showing posts with label Fireworks in July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fireworks in July. Show all posts

Monday, July 04, 2011

Happy Fourth

Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er 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
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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I still get chill bumps every time I hear this song sung.
Happy Fourth to all of those celebrating this holiday!