Actually ramparts means 'fortification'...so I assume: "...we watched were so gallantly streaming" means our troops/ships/planes...gallantly streaming in droves to defend us If I may give my definition? "Ramparts" in the song, refer to a building of defense, with a vertical wall that extends past the roof, to hide behind. ....so: ... "O'er the ramparts we watched were so "gallantly streaming" Means from the ramparts they saw the American flag, through the flashes of light from the bombs, still silently waving. Ramparts is referring to "Mounds of Dirt" in the Star Spangled Banner................
WHAT' O!SAY DOES That star-spangled banner yet wave' mean
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Assuming it is a triangular banner with 50 stars going around the words, "no R's allowed," then it symbolizes the Star Spangled Banner. It is "Star Spangled" because it has 50 stars going around the words. It is a banner because, (1) it literally is a triangular banner, and (2) the R's are aren't allowed, hence banner.
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in a gallant manner
In augural speeches, football games, important ceremonies.
The ramparts are the battle that is occurring, and over the battle the flag waved, signifying that the United States had control over the battle.
bravely streaming....?
First of all it was Francis Scott Key the reason why he wrote it so Americans had a poem to reflect back to the battle at Fort Mchenry. trust me im studying it in AFJROTC.
Gallantly can only be an adverb. Despite the odds George gallantly fought the dragon. The cathedral rose gallantly above the city centre
The knight gallantly walked away.
Gallantly is an adverb, meaning that it is used to add description to a verb. e.g. the soldier ran forward gallantly to save his freinds.
Do you mean the Hulk David Banner?
Actually ramparts means 'fortification'...so I assume: "...we watched were so gallantly streaming" means our troops/ships/planes...gallantly streaming in droves to defend us If I may give my definition? "Ramparts" in the song, refer to a building of defense, with a vertical wall that extends past the roof, to hide behind. ....so: ... "O'er the ramparts we watched were so "gallantly streaming" Means from the ramparts they saw the American flag, through the flashes of light from the bombs, still silently waving. Ramparts is referring to "Mounds of Dirt" in the Star Spangled Banner................
bravely streaming....?