The soul of America
stands strong, we stand together and sing out loud, praising this Great
Nation, showing our enemy we will avenge our lost loved ones
I Pledge Allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which
it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
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?
On the shore
dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's
haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that
which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully
blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches
the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory
reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled
banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land
of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is
that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc
of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a
country should leave us no more?
Their blood
has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could
save the hireling and slave
From the terror
of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled
banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land
of the free and the home of the brave.
O, thus be it
ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their
lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry
and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r
that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer
we must, when our cause 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!