The land of the free, and the home of the brave.
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The last line of the Star-Spangled Banner isn't a question, it's a statement:"And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveo'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."The last line of the first verse does end with a question, quite similar to the statement except the first part is "O, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave".
15 stars and 15 stripes to represent each state in the Union at the time. Later, when more states joined, the flag reverted to 13 stripes as they realized it would eventually end up a pink and blue flag if a stripe was added for each state.
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, thro' 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 thro' 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?
Before the 1790s
they hated them