Marine stuns a tea party with the fourth verse of the star spangled banner

[stephanie]

HedrickDavid — June 05, 2010 — A Marine stuns the crowd at a Tea Party with the fourth verse of the Star Spangled Banner.
So Much for a "Secular Nation".
Thank you for the reminder that our rights come from God and not any man or group of men.
God Bless America and Semper Fi Marine!
-David W. Hedrick
DavidHedrick4congress.com

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[darin]

awesome

[namvet]

and great timing. today we observe the D day invasion

[HogTrash]

If you didn't feel something then you have forgotten what it's all about.

[Trigg]

AWESOME!!!

Also, in case some people missed it, there are black people in that video. Once again proving that the tea parties are for everyone who wants to rein in government spending.

[Mr. P]

AWESOME!!!

Also, in case some people missed it, there are black people in that video. Once again proving that the tea parties are for everyone who wants to rein in government spending.

But ALL that VIOLENCE!!!! Geeezzz

[Silver]

And they all look so angry....

[avatar4321]

I though that was the 3rd verse. I've always liked that one the best.

[sybarite]

Who cannot say Amen to that?

[Little-Acorn]

For those who can't see videos at work (like me, damned firewall), here are the complete lyics to the Star Spangled Banner, as written by Francis Scott Key in the hold of the British prison ship anchored near Ft. McHenry.

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!

[LiberalNation]

I didn't know about that verse either.

[Binky]

I knew about that verse but with it sang so little I had forgotten about it. What an awesome vid. While the tears flowed I smiled as I thought about how damn lucky I am to live in America.......

[avatar4321]

I've always loved that verse. I wish we sang it more.