Analysis Of The Star Spangled Banner

Kneeling during the National Anthem has become a controversial subject. Is it okay to do? Should everybody follow other people’s footsteps and do it too? When a national emblem, such as an NFL player, rejects to stand for the National Anthem, it shocks people into paying attention and spurs conversation. Most people tend to think that kneeling during the National Anthem is a peaceful form of protest that is directed toward racism but even if it's meant that way it also acts to disrespect and calls out the military and police forces. Those people that fought for your safety should not be disrespected because people think the spangled star banner is offensive or oppressive to people of a particular orientation. NFL players are some of the most
“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.” Many protests that the song refers to how the blood of the slaves and the hirelings will wash away the stink of the British invader's footsteps as they outfought the British. However, what the true meaning of the lyrics is, He was venting his anger at the British with the lyrics inferring that the British poisoned the ground on which they walked, But the poison and corruption had been washed away by the blood of the British. The Star Spangled Banner lyrics "the hireling" refers to the British use of Mercenaries in the American War of Independence and "and slave" is a direct reference to the British practice of kidnapping American seamen and forcing them into service on British man-of war ships. The anthem isn't about symbolizing the enslavement of people with colored skin; it’s about the celebration of the hardships overcome by the men that sacrificed so much for this