The Star Spangled Banner, Hisorically Accurate? What does it Mean?
January 12, 2010
The Star Spangled Banner was written during the war of 1812, but is it historically accurate? I think so, It sums up the whole war in a couple of verses. It sums up a war that took years to fight, into a five minute song. It describes how the flag was always there, at the beginning of the war, to the hours of terrible fighting. It was still there whe we claimed victory, and celebrated!If it was not historically accurate, it would not matter. If Francis Scott Key was not witnessing the battle, or witnessed the victory, it would not matter. The song is symbolic of our victory, our fighting, and our sacrifices to save the U.S.
| 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 rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through 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? Does it sound like a different language to you? Here, I’ll translate it for you. The first line pretty much speaks for itself,It means”Can you see in the morning’s light” The second line means”We praised and saluted as night approched”The third line refers to our” flag still flying in the air through the dangerous fighting” The fourth line means” they watched the flag fly from behind there structure built for defense.The fifth line means”the rockets were bursting and the bombs were exploding.The sixth line means” the light that the rockets and bombs gave off was the only source of light around, so when the bombs or rockets gave off light, they could see that the flag was still there.The seventh line pretty much describes itself it just means that the flag was waving in the air. The last line means ” the flag was waving over the land of the free people of America, because we had won the war, and the home of the brave people who risked their lives to save our country.
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