{"id":3315,"date":"2017-07-04T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paletted.wwwmi3-ts8.a2hosted.com\/cuisine\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2017-08-01T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:40:57","slug":"happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/2017\/07\/04\/happy-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nolwrap\"><div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/2017\/07\/04\/happy-independence-day\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3315 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/palettedome.com\/cuisine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flag_20170630_151320.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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streaming?<br \/>\nAnd the rockets&#8217; red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br \/>\nGave proof through the night that our flag was still there;<br \/>\nO say does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<\/p>\n<p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,<br \/>\nWhere the foe&#8217;s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br \/>\nWhat is that which the breeze, o&#8217;er the towering steep,<br \/>\nAs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br \/>\nNow it catches the gleam of the morning&#8217;s first beam,<br \/>\nIn full glory reflected now shines in the stream:<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br \/>\nThat the havoc of war and the battle&#8217;s confusion,<br \/>\nA home and a country, should leave us no more?<br \/>\nTheir blood has washed out their foul footsteps&#8217; pollution.<br \/>\nNo refuge could save the hireling and slave<br \/>\nFrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:<br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n<p>O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand<br \/>\nBetween their loved homes and the war&#8217;s desolation.<br \/>\nBlest with vict&#8217;ry and peace, may the Heav&#8217;n rescued land<br \/>\nPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!<br \/>\nThen conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br \/>\nAnd this be our motto: &#8216;In God is our trust.&#8217;<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><em><br \/>\n&#8211; Francis Scott 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