From the August 31, 2016, Sports Grid "Forgotten Third Verse of the National Anthem Shines New Light on Kaepernick Protest" by Rick Chandler.
A huge fuss is being made about San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick's protest over the National Anthem. His protest may have been motivated by the largely forgotten third verse of the song, part of which reads:
"No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of fight or gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
Of course, the United States in 1814 was not really a land of the free what with slavery and all. Fort McHenry protected Baltimore Maryland. Maryland still had slavery.
But, Wait, Theer Is More. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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