In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,Īs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof thru 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 On almost every occasion only the first verse is sung. The National Anthem consists of four verses. “The Star Spangled Banner”, composed by Francis Scott Key in 1814, was ordered played at military and naval occasions by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, but was not designated the national anthem by an Act of Congress until 1931. National Anthem: The Star Spangled Banner Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau (July 1, 2022) Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau (24 August 2022) Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau (November 1, 2022)
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