Happy 4th of July, or more appropriately – Happy Independence Day! How many of you remember the words to the national anthem?

If you’re a little rusty, this is for you! Enjoy your day and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow!

Star Spangled Banner

O 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,
through the perilous fight,
o’er the ramparts we watched,
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s 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?

O thus be it ever,
when freemen shall stand
between their loved homes
and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace,
may the heaven-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 we trust.”
And the star-spangled banner
in triumph shall wave
o’er the land of the free
and the home of the brave!

Words by Frances Scott Key, 1814