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Q: What does And the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there mean?
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What does and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air mean?

The English lobbed exploding rockets at Napoleon at Waterloo, and they also used them against the Americans in the War of 1812. (When the British warship Erebus bombarded Fort McHenry during that war, the nightlong barrage of rocket-propelled bombs provided "the rockets red glare" mentioned by Francis Scott Key in The Star Spangled Banner.)


What does the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air mean?

The English lobbed exploding rockets at Napoleon at Waterloo, and they also used them against the Americans in the War of 1812. (When the British warship Erebus bombarded Fort McHenry during that war, the nightlong barrage of rocket-propelled bombs provided "the rockets red glare" mentioned by Francis Scott Key in The Star Spangled Banner.)


What does Fourth of July symbolize in US?

From our national anthem...." the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, "


What does gave proof through the night that out flag was still there mean?

Thanks to the rocket's red glare and the bombs bursting in air, we were able to see through the night, that the flag was still there.


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Fireworks have been used for centuries for celebrations. I assume in America we also use fireworks because of the symbolism behind our national anthem. "...and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air..."


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Rockets Red Glare ended in 2003.


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he was thinking about how the rockets red glare was bursting into the air, and other lines which then became the star spangled banner.


Why do you have fireworks on the 4th of July?

It is in memorial of the canon and small arms fire that occurred during the revolutionary war.. "and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air..." our national anthem. so you look up in the sky and remember the fighting that made the United States of America a free country.


When was And the Rockets' Dead Glare created?

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