Thursday, July 01, 2010

Kurtz Farms fireworks and other area displays

Area fireworks displays for Independence Day 2010 include Kurtz Farms on Saturday night.

And if you don't know all the lyrics... I certainly don't...

O! 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 through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through 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 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, 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 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.

O! 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!


I hope you and your family have a good Independence Day!

Tim White

9 comments:

nancez said...

What happened to the Kurtz Farm fireworks? A bunch of us went to see them and there were no fireworks?

Anonymous said...

Einstein had the wrong date.... Good thing he is taking time off to rest

Anonymous said...

Hey 1:08 cheap shot,
the link to "Area fireworks displays" lists the Kurtz Farms fireworks for 7/3/10. So either Kurtz submitted the wrong date, or the State of Conn. website got it wrong.

Anonymous said...

It's tonight.

Anonymous said...

the kurtz fireworks got canceled i heard because a neighbor complained last year about the noise and some of the fireworks went on their roof.

Anonymous said...

It's tonight.

Anonymous said...

they are ALWAYS on the 4th

Anonymous said...

In case you missed them, here are some pics from this evening's awesome show... (Tim, feel free to post any if you'd like)

Kurtz 2010

csh

Anonymous said...

It was a great fireworks display, very well done!