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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n 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!
-- Final verse of Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner, Baltimore, September 1814
A Bicentennial Commemoration
Join Us
Maryland is throwing a Star-Spangled celebration that you don't want to miss. Sing the National Anthem in the city where it was born. Help us unfurl our 15-star flag. Fall in for field drills. Scramble up the ramparts. Help us raise our sails. Become a Citizen-Soldier in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
You will find plenty to do for the entire family along the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, a permanent legacy of the bicentennial, and by visiting www.StarSpangled200.org |