Independence!

In 1814 the famous Francis Scott Key wrote a forever lasting patriotic tune. At every sports game and graduation, in the USA, people rise to their feet in respect for those people who gave their lives to save our country. It is un-American to not know "The Star Spangled Banner."

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 thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's 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?

Key uses a lot of description in this sony. He describes the war and the soldiers looking over the "ramparts." The "rocket's red glare" and "bomb bursting" are fireworks, celebrating our American victory for independence. God Bless America!

Resources: Key, Francis Scott. "The Star Spangled Banner." Usa- Flag Site. Web. 24 May 2012.