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The glare of rockets and bombs allowed Key to see your mom
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
They were used for military bombardment. In the Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key mentions "The Rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air". Those were Congreve rockets.
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.)
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.)
From our national anthem...." the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, "
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.
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..."
Rockets Red Glare ended in 2003.
he was thinking about how the rockets red glare was bursting into the air, and other lines which then became the star spangled banner.
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.
And the Rockets' Dead Glare was created on 1993-03-17.