Nine years ago today, I remembered where I was, and what I was doing.
I remembered the fear.
I remembered the love uniting us – one nation under God.
But mostly, I remember the patriotism of the strong, and the brave. Lives were lost, and lives were saved.
To the heros, and to the perished. I remember you.
- 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?
- On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
- And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
- O, 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!
(Composed by Francis Scott Key, “In Defense of Fort McHenry” in September 1814. Congress proclaimed it the U.S. National Anthem in 1931 — history follows.)
Never Forget.
*Photographs taken in Arlington, Texas, on this day, in remembrance of September 11th.
I stand in remembrance with you, neighbour. It’s also a day I’ll never forget–may the family and friends of those most affected be comforted by God’s grace.
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May we never forget! thank you for this great post!
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Wonderful post of remembrance. Thank you.
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Wonderful! http://manicmondays123.blogspot.com/2010/09/memories.html
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A beautiful tribute….
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Indeed, never forget. Great post.
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Thank you.
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I just couldn’t write, so thank you for doing it so beautifully.
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Sweetie, you have done a very poetic job with your photos.
I, on the other hand, wrote a scathing post about my dishwasher. There is absolutely no comparison to your beautiful post.
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Sorry, I’m a day late. But a wonderful tribute and remembrance.
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I will never forget.
This is a beautiful tribute, Angelia.
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Beautifully done.
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Awesome post. Thanks for posting the additional verses. All we ever hear is the first one so we ten to forget that there are others. You did a wonderful job with this.
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I can’t believe it’s been 9 years. It’s still as vivid in my mind as if it happened yesterday. I guess that will never really go away though…
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Lovely tribute
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Thanks for reminding us WHY we should NEVER forget. 🙂
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God bless all !
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