The Original September 11th....
America's forgotten war: The War of 1812 ( <----please click on this for the DVD). But do not forget, this is the war which inspired our National Anthem (-history here-)
I cannot say how incredible this 4 hour series is - but the Providence of our Lord God in American history cannot be denied. The storm on our Capital when the British tried to hold it... they had overrun it, but (I believe) God Himself said, "No. This is My country in this century. You may not take it; she is Mine."
This is the War which wrote our National Anthem - and what better tribute to Flag Day may I post?
God Bless America, and exten His Providence to our continuing History!
The lyrics which inspire our Country.... and the World:
(by Francis Scott Key)
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, 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:
Oh, 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 fully glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, 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.
Oh, 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.
I pray that God will continue to bless His country. I pray that He will protect His soldiers in the field. I pray that He will uphold His warriors of freedom, strengthen them and give them courage.
May America bless God for the infinite blessings He has given us, and may we turn to Him and bring democracy and peace to the world in His name.
