the Old Fort Niagara Twelfth Night Ball Jan 2012

We recently attended the Twelfth Night Ball at Old Fort Niagara

There were those that represented the 1812 or the "Regency" era,

And Eighteenth Century too!

My Dear Friend Bev from :Bears 4 U Blog

Made these beautiful outfits worn and owned by

Dr. Pekar and Miss Lovely Jude

Please stop by and say Hi! to Bev here:

  http://mybears4u.blogspot.com/

Bev, me and Bethy
 (at the Whispers of War Grand Ball
Niagara on the Lake  May 2011)

Link to the Post of the Ball:

http://thebuttryandbookry.blogspot.com/2011/05/regency-ball-pt-3-whispers-of-war-grand.html

http://thebuttryandbookry.blogspot.com/2011/05/regency-ball-pt-3-whispers-of-war-grand.html

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There was Joy....

 Drink...

Music....

and Good Food.....

Sharing Laughter and Good Stories....

 Style...

many smiles

 and Charm..

...and best of all..there was .DANCING!!

At the end of the Evening ALL 

gathered..

 For Song and Fireworks!

                                                           Defence of Fort McHenry

                                                             Francis Scott Key

Oh, 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 thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, 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! Oh 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!

Oh! 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!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key

Read about the Star Spangled Banner and the War of 1812 

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/starflag.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

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Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.                                      3 John 1:2

Do You Know JESUS?

Read more here:

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 Owen and Mildred Mousiekin Enjoy  Scottish Country Dance  and also suggest visiting"An Ode to Robert Burns" Post (last year's post  to honor his Birthday): http://thebuttryandbookry.blogspot.com/2011/01/ode-to-robert-burns.html ..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..

Hope you enjoyed!
Thanks for stopping!
 LOVE HUGS and
MANY BLESSINGS
 Linnie

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GREAT BOOK!!

                                                       

Interesting DVDs

Watch here:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2089393539#

..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.. Watch and Learn more about the War of !812



http://oldfortniagara.org/history/

                                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Niagara

Mama and Papa Mousiekin say:
"Always find time to DANCE"!!

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 Life's Light Moments

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