To me it does. On this date in 1814 Francis Scott Key wrote those infamous words that became Our National Anthem. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Defence_of_Fort_M%27Henry_broadside.jpg O! 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 through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts [...]
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Does Today’s date have any significance?
August 2nd, 2012 
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9 Comments »need help with the star spangled banner!?
February 22nd, 2012 HostRocket um…can someone dumb it down for me cause it has big words and i don’t get much of it lol so yea can you please help me its for a project..im supposed to make a poster with pictures representing it here it is Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so [...]
What hope for 2010? S A?
February 13th, 2012 HostRocket When you deal with a neighbor, you don’t just deal with them like they don’t exist. Those were ANC Secretary-General, Gwede Mantashe’s words in an interview with 3rd Degree yesterday concerning the current xenophobic attacks in SA. It did not take a rocket scientist to figure out whom he was talking about. I was reminded [...]
Why are the last 3 verses of the National Anthem never sung?
February 10th, 2012 HostRocket Do most people even know there are actually 4 verses in the Star Spangled Banner? Are the last 3 verses not sung because it would be too long, and people would rather get to watch the sports game, or is it because God is mentioned in them? What do you think? Here are all the [...]