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Few realize that the Star Spangled Banner actually comprises five verses -- the fifth an addition by Oliver Wendell Holmes at the onset of the Civil War:
When our land is illumined with Liberty's smile / If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory / Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile / The flag of her stars and the page of her story! / By the millions unchained who our birthright have gained / We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained! / And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave / While the land of the free is the home of the brave.
The fifth verse is inset here into the contemporary Civil War era 34-star "Snowflakes Flag" - in proud reclaim of the right-wing term for those who insist and resist in the name of liberty. Perhaps not since the Civil War itself have the prescient lyrics fit our national dialogue so well, when the greatest threat to our country's liberty sits not offshore or at our borders, but within the very office designed to protect it. It is also a reminder, that through dark times, the nation has endured in the pursuit of its ideals,a and that endurance of principle alone, more than any words or hymns, is our national anthem.
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Didn't vote for him? You and 256 million other Americans. The quintessential hashtag of the '16 cycle that promises to resonate as powerfully over the next four years as it has in the aftermath of election day. We won't wear out -- and neither will our protest's refrain.
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There was a time when the United States of America was intent on building bridges - literally - with our international partners, to unite and accelerate our collective economies and cultures. The International Gateway Bridge, an example of the divide-spanning region-building drive, spanned the Rio Grande between the cities of Brownsville, Texas and Matamaros, Mexico. Opening to tourism and trade at the height of the roaring twenties, it underscores the power and promise of the bold connections that made America great in the first place -- and the insecurities of a retreat behind our walls.