We sing the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner, which looks back to the creation of our nation. The second verse speaks of our sustenance, and since we rarely sing it, I wanted to present all of the lyrics here. I hope you'll agree that they speak for themselves, and I also hope you enjoy reading them.
And thus be it ever, when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r 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.
- Francis Scott Key
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