THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Oh hey, look at that flag, is it free for the taking?
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Americans, is this still the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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Hey, are those stars on that flag there for the free and brave people?
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Say, can you tell me what the flag is doing in the home of brave and free people?
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Detailed explanation-1: -Key penned the first stanza of his poem, ending with the famous line: O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? It was a real question, not a rhetorical one. It was directed toward his fellow Marylanders who watched in suspense along with him.
Detailed explanation-2: -The English meaning of the national anthem is as follows: “Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, Dispenser of India’s destiny. chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the third verse, Key had a special message for the enslaved people who had dared to fight for freedom-we will pursue you to get revenge: No refuge could save the hireling and slave. from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
Detailed explanation-4: -Francis Scott Key, who wrote the poem that became the “Star-Spangled Banner, ” was observing the British attack on Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 when he wrote the famous words. Rampart comes from the Middle French word meaning “to protect” or “to defend."