{"id":742,"date":"2019-01-11T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/?p=742"},"modified":"2019-01-11T16:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T21:54:14","slug":"us-virgin-islands-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/us-virgin-islands-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"National Anthem of the U.S. Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:31%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/flag-us-virgin-islands.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"National Flag of the US Virgin Islands\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center\">The Star-Spangled Banner<\/h2>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px\">As a USA Overseas Territory, the national anthem is \"The Star Spangled Banner\".<\/span><\/pre>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Virgin Islands March<\/h2>\n<pre>Lyrics\u200e by Francis Scott Key<br \/>Composed by John Stafford Smith<br \/>Adopted 1963<\/pre>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1274516587\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1195736407\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-883521276\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1567981528\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6 col-divided\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">The Star-Spangled Banner<\/h3>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-742-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/anthem-usa.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/anthem-usa.mp3\">https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/anthem-usa.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>O say can you see, by the dawn&#8217;s early light,<br \/>What so proudly we hailed at the twilight&#8217;s last gleaming,<br \/>Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,<br \/>O&#8217;er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?<br \/>And the rockets&#8217; red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br \/>Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;<br \/>O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br \/>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<\/p>\n<p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,<br \/>Where the foe&#8217;s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br \/>What is that which the breeze, o&#8217;er the towering steep,<br \/>As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br \/>Now it catches the gleam of the morning&#8217;s first beam,<br \/>In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:<br \/>&#8216;Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave<br \/>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br \/>That the havoc of war and the battle&#8217;s confusion,<br \/>A home and a country, should leave us no more?<br \/>Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps&#8217; pollution.<br \/>No refuge could save the hireling and slave<br \/>From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:<br \/>And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,<br \/>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n<p>O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand<br \/>Between their loved homes and the war&#8217;s desolation.<br \/>Blest with vict&#8217;ry and peace, may the Heav&#8217;n rescued land<br \/>Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!<br \/>Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br \/>And this be our motto: &#8216;In God is our trust.&#8217;<br \/>And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br \/>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1258477428\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Virgin Islands March<\/h3>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-742-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/anthem-us-virgin-islands.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/anthem-us-virgin-islands.mp3\">https:\/\/supporttips.com\/a\/country\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/01\/anthem-us-virgin-islands.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>All hail the Virgin Islands.<br \/>Em&#8217;ralds of the sea,<br \/>Where beaches bright with coral sand<br \/>And trade winds bless our native land.<br \/>All hail the Virgin Islands,<br \/>Bathe in waters blue,<br \/>We give our loyalty,<br \/>Full to thee,<br \/>And pledge allegiance forever true.<\/p>\n<p>To thee our Virgin Islands,<br \/>Loving voices raise<br \/>A song in praise of brotherhood,<br \/>Where right makes might to fight for good.<br \/>To thee our Virgin Islands,<br \/>Haven of the free,<br \/>We sing our love to thee,<br \/>Joyously,<br \/>Our own fair islands of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>March on oh Virgin Islands,<br \/>In the joyful throng,<br \/>Uphold the right and right the wrong<br \/>Where only peace and love belong.<br \/>March on oh Virgin Islands,<br \/>Democratic land.<br \/>Together hand in hand,<br \/>Take your stand,<br \/>Forever soldiers in freedom&#8217;s band.<\/p>\n<p>God bless our Virgin Islands,<br \/>Humbly now we pray,<br \/>Where all mankind can join today<br \/>In friendly warmth of work and play.<br \/>God bless our Virgin Islands,<br \/>Beautiful and tall.<br \/>Beneath a sunny sky,<br \/>Hilltops high<br \/>Hold out a welcome for one and 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