
The commander of Fort Henry, Important George Armistead had commissioned Mary Pickersgill to make “a flag so large that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance” The flag that flew over the fort was enormous.O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Meaning of Star Spangled Banner Lyrics | Verse 1 Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Star-Spangled Banner Lyrics | Verse 1 O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light,
