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re: ....And The Home Of The Brave?

Posted on 5/9/09 at 10:07 pm to
Posted by medtiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 5/9/09 at 10:07 pm to
That's because you're supposed to put a question mark at the end of a question:

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

The last two lines are asking if the flag is flying over the "land of the free and home of the brave."
This post was edited on 5/9/09 at 10:08 pm
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
36812 posts
Posted on 5/9/09 at 10:09 pm to
It is true that people really don't pay attention to the words to the Star Spangled Banner.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
3 miles from B.R.
Member since Sep 2003
55422 posts
Posted on 5/9/09 at 10:16 pm to
quote:

The last two lines are asking if the flag is flying over the "land of the free and home of the brave."


I'm glad somebody answered this question quickly. It is sad that any American would not know this.
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