With hindsight being 20/20, what are the chances the following stanza from Key's 1804 version would have been included if your Congress back in 1931 had been able to predict today's war in the Middle East?


In the conflict resistless, each toil they endured,
'Till their foes fled dismayed from the war's desolation:
And pale beamed the Crescent, its splendor obscured
By the light of the Star Spangled flag of our nation.
Where each radiant star gleamed a meteor of war,
And the turbaned heads bowed to its terrible glare,
Now, mixed with the olive, the laurel shall wave,
And form a bright wreath for the brows of the brave.

Last Edited By: The Golden Hawk 07/02/08 4:28 PM. Edited 1 times.