by neufer » Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:50 am
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:13 pm
JohnD wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:58 am
I usually avoid saying how beautiful, wonderful an Apod is, but somehow this one does make me feel emotional. The slight curve of the smoke trail lifting into the darkening blue of the sky. As you may know, I'm not an American, but it made me think of the "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "the rockets red glare". It's not red, and there are no bombs bursting around it, but well done, America!
Thanks! Luckily, there are still
some things that America is good at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key wrote:
<<Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland. Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812. He was inspired upon seeing the American flag still flying over the fort at dawn and wrote the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry"; it was published within a week with the suggested tune of the popular [drinking] song "To Anacreon in Heaven". The national motto "In God We Trust" derives from a line in "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Key was nominated for District Attorney for the District of Columbia by President Andrew Jackson, where he served from 1833 to 1841. He used his position as District Attorney to attack abolitionists.In 1833, he secured a grand jury indictment against Benjamin Lundy, editor of the anti-slavery publication Genius of Universal Emancipation, and his printer William Greer, for libel after Lundy published an article that declared, "There is neither mercy nor justice for colored people in this district [of Columbia]". Lundy's article, Key said in the indictment,
"was intended to injure, oppress, aggrieve, and vilify the good name, fame, credit & reputation of the Magistrates and constables" of Washington. Lundy left town rather than face trial; Greer was acquitted.
In August 1836 Key obtained an indictment against Dr. Reuben Crandall. It accused Crandall of "seditious libel" after two marshals (who operated as slave catchers in their off hours) found Crandall had a trunk full of anti-slavery publications in his Georgetown residence/office. Key charged that Crandall's publications instigated slaves to rebel. Crandall's attorneys acknowledged he opposed slavery, but denied any intent or actions to encourage rebellion. Key, in his final address to the jury said:
Are you willing, gentlemen, to abandon your country, to permit it to be taken from you, and occupied by the abolitionist, according to whose taste it is to associate and amalgamate with the negro? Or, gentlemen, on the other hand, are there laws in this community to defend you from the immediate abolitionist, who would open upon you the floodgates of such extensive wickedness and mischief?">>
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I usually avoid saying how beautiful, wonderful an Apod is, but somehow this one does make me feel emotional. The slight curve of the smoke trail lifting into the darkening blue of the sky. As you may know, I'm not an American, but it made me think of the "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "the rockets red glare". It's not red, and there are no bombs bursting around it, but well done, America![/quote]
Thanks! Luckily, there are still [b][i]some [/i][/b] things that America is good at :wink: [/quote][quote=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key]
<<Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland. Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812. He was inspired upon seeing the American flag still flying over the fort at dawn and wrote the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry"; it was published within a week with the suggested tune of the popular [drinking] song "To Anacreon in Heaven". The national motto "In God We Trust" derives from a line in "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Key was nominated for District Attorney for the District of Columbia by President Andrew Jackson, where he served from 1833 to 1841. He used his position as District Attorney to attack abolitionists.In 1833, he secured a grand jury indictment against Benjamin Lundy, editor of the anti-slavery publication Genius of Universal Emancipation, and his printer William Greer, for libel after Lundy published an article that declared, "There is neither mercy nor justice for colored people in this district [of Columbia]". Lundy's article, Key said in the indictment, [b][i][color=#0000FF]"was intended to injure, oppress, aggrieve, and vilify the good name, fame, credit & reputation of the Magistrates and constables"[/color][/i][/b] of Washington. Lundy left town rather than face trial; Greer was acquitted.
In August 1836 Key obtained an indictment against Dr. Reuben Crandall. It accused Crandall of "seditious libel" after two marshals (who operated as slave catchers in their off hours) found Crandall had a trunk full of anti-slavery publications in his Georgetown residence/office. Key charged that Crandall's publications instigated slaves to rebel. Crandall's attorneys acknowledged he opposed slavery, but denied any intent or actions to encourage rebellion. Key, in his final address to the jury said: [b][i][color=#0000FF]Are you willing, gentlemen, to abandon your country, to permit it to be taken from you, and occupied by the abolitionist, according to whose taste it is to associate and amalgamate with the negro? Or, gentlemen, on the other hand, are there laws in this community to defend you from the immediate abolitionist, who would open upon you the floodgates of such extensive wickedness and mischief?"[/color][/i][/b]>>[/quote]