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Old 09-18-2012, 06:48 PM
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The National Anthem

I'm normally not a fan of non-traditional renderings of The Star Spangled Banner, but these guys are awesome! And obviously proud to be American
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Madison Rising - The Star Spangled Banner - YouTube
 
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Old 09-18-2012, 11:55 PM
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Thanks for that Doug. I'm like you and don't care for different versions of the anthem but this one is well done and worth the listen.
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 10:07 PM
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That was pretty sweet.

This is the one that always gets me. This has probably already been posted on this site but this is from Fenway Park during their Disability Awareness day.

National Anthem Fenway Park - YouTube
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 11:05 PM
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How many people know the full version?

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!
Star Spangled Banner Lyrics - USA Flag Site
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 11:36 PM
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WOW.... i didn't know those other versus.... learn something new ever day thank you
 
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Neither did I. Last week being the anniversary week of 9/11, I brought the history of the National Anthem to work for those who were interested.
 
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