Comments on: The Star Spangled Banner - Stale? Out of date? Replaceable? http://themediansib.com/2006/04/23/the-star-spangled-banner-stale-out-of-date-replaceable/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mom Nancy http://themediansib.com/2006/04/23/the-star-spangled-banner-stale-out-of-date-replaceable/#comment-624 Mom Nancy Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:33:39 +0000 http://themediansib.com/?p=488#comment-624 When I was in high school, I was chosen to attend Pennsylvania's Girls State, and we learned one of the other verses to that song. It is, yes, about war, but it's also about a free nation and fighting to keep those freedoms. I was in the Army, as was my dad and brother, and my father-in-law is a proud ex-Marine. My little three year old son thinks the flag is Bumpa's flag because his grandfather carries it every year in the Memorial Dady parade and is proud to be an American. The Star Spangled Banner causes me to tear up every time I hear it. So does God Bless America, but I would fight to keep our National Anthem the way it is. How many people in other countries know the words to their song?? When I was in high school, I was chosen to attend Pennsylvania’s Girls State, and we learned one of the other verses to that song. It is, yes, about war, but it’s also about a free nation and fighting to keep those freedoms. I was in the Army, as was my dad and brother, and my father-in-law is a proud ex-Marine. My little three year old son thinks the flag is Bumpa’s flag because his grandfather carries it every year in the Memorial Dady parade and is proud to be an American. The Star Spangled Banner causes me to tear up every time I hear it. So does God Bless America, but I would fight to keep our National Anthem the way it is. How many people in other countries know the words to their song??

]]> By: Monika http://themediansib.com/2006/04/23/the-star-spangled-banner-stale-out-of-date-replaceable/#comment-621 Monika Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:17:14 +0000 http://themediansib.com/?p=488#comment-621 I guess they aren't teaching it in the public schools anymore? The solution is for those of us who love our anthem to teach it to our own children and whatever other children we have opportunities with. Same with the Pledge of Allegiance, I suppose. I guess they aren’t teaching it in the public schools anymore?

The solution is for those of us who love our anthem to teach it to our own children and whatever other children we have opportunities with. Same with the Pledge of Allegiance, I suppose.

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