{"id":29887,"date":"2014-09-15T00:45:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T03:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=29887"},"modified":"2016-11-25T01:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T04:13:57","slug":"national-anthem-anniversary-recalls-faith-in-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/15\/national-anthem-anniversary-recalls-faith-in-god\/","title":{"rendered":"National Anthem Anniversary Recalls Faith in God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, which was adopted as the US National Anthem in 1931.\u00a0 Francis Scott Key <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/article\/20140914\/NEWS\/309140042\">penned the lyrics<\/a> in September 1814.<\/p>\n<p>Most are at least familiar with the first stanza; few realize there are actually more words to the song. Tellingly, the song closes with a stanza recalling the Nation&#8217;s reliance upon God:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,<br \/>\nBetween their lov&#8217;d homes and the war&#8217;s desolation;<br \/>\nBlest with vict&#8217;ry and peace, <strong>may the heav&#8217;n-rescued land<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Praise the Pow&#8217;r that hath made and preserv&#8217;d us a nation!<\/strong><br \/>\nThen conquer we must, when our cause is just,<br \/>\n<strong>And this be our motto: &#8220;In God is our trust&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With reference to the <a href=\"http:\/\/amhistory.si.edu\/starspangledbanner\/the-lyrics.aspx\">Smithsonian<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, which was adopted as the US National Anthem in 1931.\u00a0 Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics in September 1814. Most are at least familiar with the first stanza; few realize there are actually more words to the song. Tellingly, the song closes with a stanza recalling the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4890,2,2805,17,10,171,4889],"class_list":["post-29887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-francis-scott-key","tag-military","tag-national-anthem","tag-religious-expression","tag-religion","tag-religious-freedom","tag-star-spangled-banner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}