--- title: "32 Star Spangled Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 32 Star Spangled quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Star Spangled sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/drake-44_astronomy_i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner-2896208_2896208.png" --- > [I'm a star, no spangled banner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner/) [Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/drake-44_astronomy_i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner-2896208_2896208.png) > [“A star-spangled sky and you were looking the other way, the night beckoned and waited and you waited for the day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saleem-sharma/a-star-spangled-sky-and-you-were-looking-the-other-way-the-night/) [Saleem Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saleem-sharma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/saleem-sharma-17825_astronomy_a-star-spangled-sky-and-you-were-looking_1249554.jpg) > [I've got so much brass up my ass that I can play the Star Spangled Banner. -Capt. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bad-boys-2/i-ve-got-so-much-brass-up-my-ass-that-i-can-play-the-star-spangled/) [Bad Boys 2](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bad-boys-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/bad-boys-2-26556_quote_i-ve-got-so-much-brass-up-my-ass-that-i_618441.jpg) > [I sing the 'Star Spangled Banner,' so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cullum/i-sing-the-star-spangled-banner-so-i-can-get-into-football-basketball/) [John Cullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cullum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/john-cullum-40183_ball-game_i-sing-the-star-spangled-banner-so-i-can_2551661.jpg) > [You've got some 'Star-Spangled' nails in your coffin, kid. That's what they've done for you, son.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-brautigan/you-ve-got-some-star-spangled-nails-in-your-coffin-kid-that-s-what/) [Richard Brautigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-brautigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/richard-brautigan-2765_coffin_you-ve-got-some-star-spangled-nails-in-y_2456251.png) > [O, say does that star-spangled flag of pride yet wave? O'er the land of the free, and the home for the gay!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/o-say-does-that-star-spangled-flag-of-pride-yet-wave-o-er-the-land-of/) [Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/lady-gaga-359_doe_o-say-does-that-star-spangled-flag-of-pr_1435626.jpg) > [And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-scott-key/and-the-star-spangled-banner-in-triumph-doth-wave-o-er-the-land-of/) [Francis Scott Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-scott-key/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/francis-scott-key-34659_banner_and-the-star-spangled-banner-in-triumph_2977442.png) > [Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-veeck/look-we-play-the-star-spangled-banner-before-every-game-you-want-us/) [Bill Veeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-veeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/bill-veeck-14961_banner_look-we-play-the-star-spangled-banner-be_2599544.png) > [And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave/O're the land of the free and the home of the brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-scott-key/and-the-star-spangled-banner-in-triumph-shall-wave-o-re-the-land-of/) [Francis Scott Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-scott-key/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/francis-scott-key-34659_banner_and-the-star-spangled-banner-in-triumph_1311166.png) > [“The singing triggers a soft detonation at his core, molten parts of him are flying everywhere and his ears ring to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-fountain/the-singing-triggers-a-soft-detonation-at-his-core-molten-parts-of/) [Ben Fountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-fountain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/ben-fountain-3198_love_the-singing-triggers-a-soft-detonation-a_42176.png) > [“But as they stared into "The Star Spangled Banner," the music was blessedly drowned out by the squeal and moan of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-wilcox/but-as-they-stared-into-the-star-spangled-banner-the-music-was/) [Victoria Wilcox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-wilcox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/victoria-wilcox-50396_astronomy_but-as-they-stared-into-the-star-spangle_2925416.jpg) > [If Madison Avenue advertising executives were to pick a song that would best represent America, the last one they would choose is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-kessler/if-madison-avenue-advertising-executives-were-to-pick-a-song-that/) [Ronald Kessler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-kessler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/ronald-kessler-13022_advertising_if-madison-avenue-advertising-executives_2762425.jpg) > [When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-bley/when-ronald-reagan-was-elected-i-was-on-a-bus-traveling-with-a-band/) [Carla Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-bley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/carla-bley-28151_band_when-ronald-reagan-was-elected-i-was-on_1228609.png) > [Remembering growing up on U.S. Army bases stateside and abroad, the Star-Spangled Banner was played at important occasions... and often. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harris-faulkner/remembering-growing-up-on-u-s-army-bases-stateside-and-abroad-the/) [Harris Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harris-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/harris-faulkner-6729_army_remembering-growing-up-on-u-s-army-bases_87162.jpg) > [“Nearly everyone here is Irish, or Italian or Russian. But everyone displays their Star Spangled Banner in some prominent spot on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-h-thomson/nearly-everyone-here-is-irish-or-italian-or-russian-but-everyone/) [L.H. Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-h-thomson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/l-h-thomson-30912_spangled-banner_nearly-everyone-here-is-irish-or-italian_388869.jpg) > [I learned 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the national anthem. I always wanted to play it before the Bulls game, but I always thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-butler/i-learned-the-star-spangled-banner-the-national-anthem-i-always/) [Jimmy Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/jimmy-butler-11215_always_i-learned-the-star-spangled-banner-the-n_857666.jpg) > [“Turns out rolling your eyes in a bar when ‘Land Down Under’ plays is like someone belching during the Star Spangled Banner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elle-lothlorien/turns-out-rolling-your-eyes-in-a-bar-when-land-down-under-plays-is/) [Elle Lothlorien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elle-lothlorien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/elle-lothlorien-3398_belching_turns-out-rolling-your-eyes-in-a-bar-whe_2504126.jpg) > [ “\[...\] I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the Star-Spangled Banner and some old film of a flag blowing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-montoure/i-d-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-to-the-star-spangled-banner/) [Michael Montoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-montoure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/michael-montoure-25960_bygone_i-d-wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-t_1438470.jpg) > ['The Star-Spangled Banner' should've never been made into our national anthem. That President Woodrow Wilson, widely thought to be one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-king/the-star-spangled-banner-should-ve-never-been-made-into-our-national/) [Shaun King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/shaun-king-5314_flag_the-star-spangled-banner-should-ve-never_3039351.png) > [Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/praise-the-power-that-hath-made-and-preserved-us-a-nation-then/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_banner_praise-the-power-that-hath-made-and-pres_2296318.jpg) > [Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-scott-key/oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-light-what-so-proudly-we/) [Francis Scott Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-scott-key/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/francis-scott-key-34659_air_oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-l_600364.jpg) > [“To help create awareness of this new practice, I created an organization called VetSalute.​org and have been attending more sporting events than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buzz-aldrin/to-help-create-awareness-of-this-new-practice-i-created-an/) [Buzz Aldrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buzz-aldrin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc7/buzz-aldrin-954_los-angeles_to-help-create-awareness-of-this-new-pra_1710825.jpg) > [“Pervy and redundant, don't you think?" I asked the big gay cop, who wouldn't know a va-jay-jay if it bounced up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/pervy-and-redundant-don-t-you-think-i-asked-the-big-gay-cop-who/) [Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/christopher-moore-353_bite-me_pervy-and-redundant-don-t-you-think-i-as_2406856.jpg) > [“In the afternoon the ship's company assembled aft, on deck, under the awnings; the flute, the asthmatic meodeon, and the consumptive clarinet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/in-the-afternoon-the-ship-s-company-assembled-aft-on-deck-under-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/mark-twain-22_business_in-the-afternoon-the-ship-s-company-asse_728982.jpg) > [One of my earliest memories... I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or eight years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-van-ronk/one-of-my-earliest-memories-i-knew-three-full-verses-of-the-star/) [Dave Van Ronk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-van-ronk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/dave-van-ronk-21329_banner_one-of-my-earliest-memories-i-knew-three_1853738.jpg) > [“Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-scott-key/oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-light-what-so-proudly-we-2/) [Francis Scott Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-scott-key/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/francis-scott-key-34659_bright-star_oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-l_1143044.jpg) > [“O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-light-what-so-proudly-we-hail-d/) [Mark David Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-david-ledbetter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/mark-david-ledbetter-34449_bright-star_o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-li_2847117.jpg) > [“The night of September the 14th, 1814, saw heavy bombardment of Baltimore by the British. Despite this, the next morning, the large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-goldstein/the-night-of-september-the-14th-1814-saw-heavy-bombardment-of/) [Jack Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-goldstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/jack-goldstein-17049_american-flag_the-night-of-september-the-14th-1814-saw_170606.jpg) > [Tasteful illumination of the night, Bright scattered, twinkling star of spangled earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-clare/tasteful-illumination-of-the-night-bright-scattered-twinkling-star-of/) [John Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/john-clare-9982_astronomy_tasteful-illumination-of-the-night-brigh_923353.png) > [I've always been really nationalistic, and I had a brother killed in Korea. And I think the 'Star Spangled Banner,' even today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-west/i-ve-always-been-really-nationalistic-and-i-had-a-brother-killed-in/) [Jerry West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/jerry-west-7315_always_i-ve-always-been-really-nationalistic-an_28059.jpg) > [I can remember standing in the middle of the field after the race and seeing the American flag raised and hearing 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz/i-can-remember-standing-in-the-middle-of-the-field-after-the-race-and/) [Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz-75_after_i-can-remember-standing-in-the-middle-of_862570.jpg) > [“After his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Welton just stared straight ahead at the alter as if he were waiting for Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/after-his-rendition-of-the-star-spangled-banner-welton-just-stared/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/adam-rapp-5014_star-spangled_after-his-rendition-of-the-star-spangled_2979237.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/star-spangled/#itemlist", "name": "Star Spangled Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a star, no spangled banner", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Drake" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drake/i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/drake-44_astronomy_i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner-2896208_2896208.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/drake-44_astronomy_i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner-2896208_2896208.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/drake-44_astronomy_i-m-a-star-no-spangled-banner-2896208_2896208.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a star, no spangled banner” — Drake", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A star-spangled sky and you were looking the other way, the night beckoned and waited and you waited for the day.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saleem Sharma" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saleem-sharma/a-star-spangled-sky-and-you-were-looking-the-other-way-the-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/saleem-sharma-17825_astronomy_a-star-spangled-sky-and-you-were-looking_1249554.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/saleem-sharma-17825_astronomy_a-star-spangled-sky-and-you-were-looking_1249554.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/saleem-sharma-17825_astronomy_a-star-spangled-sky-and-you-were-looking_1249554.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A star-spangled sky and you were looking the other way, the night beckoned and waited and you waited for the…” — Saleem Sharma", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've got so much brass up my ass that I can play the Star Spangled Banner. -Capt. 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I'm just saying.) --Being the Journal of Abby Normal”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/pervy-and-redundant-don-t-you-think-i-asked-the-big-gay-cop-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/christopher-moore-353_bite-me_pervy-and-redundant-don-t-you-think-i-as_2406856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/christopher-moore-353_bite-me_pervy-and-redundant-don-t-you-think-i-as_2406856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/christopher-moore-353_bite-me_pervy-and-redundant-don-t-you-think-i-as_2406856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pervy and redundant, don't you think?\" I asked the big gay cop, who wouldn't know a va-jay-jay if it bounced…” — Christopher Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the afternoon the ship's company assembled aft, on deck, under the awnings; the flute, the asthmatic meodeon, and the consumptive clarinet crippled the Star Spangled Banner, the choir chased it to cover, and George came in with a peculiarly lacerating screech on the final note and slaughtered it. 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I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or…” — Dave Van Ronk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Oh, 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 thru the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s 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? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: ‘Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the 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! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n 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 in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francis Scott Key" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-scott-key/oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-light-what-so-proudly-we-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/francis-scott-key-34659_bright-star_oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-l_1143044.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/francis-scott-key-34659_bright-star_oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-l_1143044.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/francis-scott-key-34659_bright-star_oh-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-l_1143044.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?…” — Francis Scott Key", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen thro’ the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream: ‘Tis the star-spangled banner: O long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash’d out their foul footsteps’ pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the 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. O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation; Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserv’d 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 in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark David Ledbetter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-light-what-so-proudly-we-hail-d/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/mark-david-ledbetter-34449_bright-star_o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-li_2847117.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/mark-david-ledbetter-34449_bright-star_o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-li_2847117.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/mark-david-ledbetter-34449_bright-star_o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-li_2847117.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming?…” — Mark David Ledbetter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The night of September the 14th, 1814, saw heavy bombardment of Baltimore by the British. 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Then I walked off the field and just kind of enjoyed the feeling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz/i-can-remember-standing-in-the-middle-of-the-field-after-the-race-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz-75_after_i-can-remember-standing-in-the-middle-of_862570.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz-75_after_i-can-remember-standing-in-the-middle-of_862570.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/elizabeth-robinson-schwartz-75_after_i-can-remember-standing-in-the-middle-of_862570.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can remember standing in the middle of the field after the race and seeing the American flag raised and…” — Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 32, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Welton just stared straight ahead at the alter as if he were waiting for Jesus to climb down off the cross and escape with him. 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