“. . . DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE” ?

“O thus be it ever when free men shall stand

Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation;

Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it 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.”

.               —Francis Scott Key         War of 1812

 

1776  America’s War for Independence

1812  America’s Second War for Independence

2012  America’s Third War for Independence

“Eternal Vigilance Is The Price Of Liberty”