Jellybeans (hails her homeland)
Community Director

A patriotic shout out to all the Americans in BittyBay! Happy Fourth of July! So not an American or just a little rusty on your American history? Here's a mini background on how America got her national anthem:

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a then 35-year-old amateur poet who wrote "Defense of Fort McHenry" after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812.

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Enjoy those fireworks shows and celebrate a great American holiday with your family and friends! I'm out, Mystiko's burning the hot dogs and Talas is about to blow up the cave with the firecrackers. Ta!

Tumbles: Happy belated birthday Canada! Hooray.