Baltimore does get into that "bombs bursting in air" thing, doesn't it. We had locals shooting things off, to my dismay -- I happen to be gun shy, don't even like balloons because they might pop.
Screamers and buzzing things and ... Maybe they are out of ammo.
I used to go to the Inner Harbor for the Fourth and New Years Eve. Prefer the Fourth -- it is too bloody cold at midnight at the end of December. The Fourth, they are just waiting for enough dark.
Then there is the great patriotic piece the "1812 Overture." Written about when Napoleon invaded Russia. And the Russians won. They used to play that all the time, even during the Cold War. Not Paying Attention, folks.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power 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 forever shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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Screamers and buzzing things and ...
Maybe they are out of ammo.
I used to go to the Inner Harbor for the Fourth and New Years Eve. Prefer the Fourth -- it is too bloody cold at midnight at the end of December. The Fourth, they are just waiting for enough dark.
Then there is the great patriotic piece the "1812 Overture." Written about when Napoleon invaded Russia. And the Russians won. They used to play that all the time, even during the Cold War. Not Paying Attention, folks.
http://www.countryreports.org/anthems/unitedstatestexte.htm has the text and a midi file, and a list of other national anthems, presumeably with midis as well.
My favorite verse was always the last:
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power 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 forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
At this point, it might be wishful thinking.