Amazing video.. i can trace my ancestry close to 500 yrs all the way to mexico, including California,and Texas... makes you feel kinda small watching this pictures at this day and age :) Excellent job.
I ask "hispanics" to look in they eyes of the people in this video, think about the previous things I've said, and have some respect and do things right and maybe some earned respect may return to you.
..........The real bigots are the "hispanics" that break into the country, bring crime, wild dysfunctional lifestyles to communities, disease, undermine jobs and pay for legal citizens, distort history to fit their racist invasion while hypocritically waving the flags of the counties they fled while burning and dragging ours down the street, settling into areas that can't even be argued that were ever part of mexico, and hypocritically using race to get away with all of which they do..........
........I don't have a problem with anyone wanting to become an American, but dammit do just that, do it right, behave yourselves, and drop the bad attitudes and hypocritical bigoted rhetoric.
Not a big neil diamond fan but I love this song. We are all from immigrants. I have backgrounds in England, Germany, and Ireland while my wife has family in Sicily. The major difference to us and many "hispanics" though is that our folks came over and stood in line and applied for legal citizenship, had criminal background checks, had medical checkups, learned one common language over time, and had to learn and appreciate the history of the nation. NOBODY is entitled to a free pass or excuses.
Hey dude, very powerful!! It made me think of my ancestors and what it would have looked like when they came...very similar to the people in the video
This is one of the coolest things I've seen on YouTube. Thank you. This song has been around for decades and I didn't really get it 'til I watched your video. Nice work.
The difference is that those shown in the video came to the country during a period of open immigration, when essentially all you had to do was show up at a port and sign a few papers (as my great-grandparents did) to become an American. Unfortunately we're evidently no longer interested in being a beacon of hope for the world, and the process of legal immigration is so onerous that it drives many underground. I doubt 10% of currently "legal" Americans could pass the citizenship test.
positivethinkinghope I agree with you 100%. NumbersUSA is trying to eliminate many of the illegal immigration into this country. Seems the government is adding more "legals" into the country every year.
Please watch my story "TIFFANY LEBOUEF SEEKS JUSTICE" They hid my only evidence and lied about it then they made me "TAKE THE DEAL" or go to Prison for 9 + yrs. This is crazy stuff. They have given me 2 strikes and one more brush with the law of any kind will send me to "PRISON FOR LIFE"..... HELP MEEEEEEEE!
I have documents to PROVE my innocence but no one will even look at it. What is going on with this country???
Our skipper declared this the official theme song of USS AMERICA. It blasted across the flight deck while we 'manned the rails' every time we returned to Norfolk.
Who are we????we are artists, poets, musicians, singing the song of freedon to all who can hear, to the World, to the politicians, rulers, elites, BANKERS!!!Our dream will not die, we are ...the spirit of...AMERICA!!!Hear us ROAR!!!
I liked your video! and was making a similar video with the same song. Unfortunately Youtube disabled my audio. Why were you able to use the song and I could not?
Thank you bright students who made this video. Yesterday, my 4th grade class used it as our background as they sang "Coming to America" honoring their forefathers at our annual Grandparents Day. I had many wonderful comments on the video. I told them that some very smart students in an AP US History class made it!
@LynnReneeGober I would think the children should be taught that this song not only honors their forefathers, but each and every immigrant that has come to this country thereafter. This country belonged to the Native Americans, the English/Spaniards took their land from them, killed them, took over, I know Native Americans personally, their story is not the same as the white mans history book. the white man took everything away from them, put them in reservations, today they are shunned,
@TheMiamimari Just want to tell you, and not offend you, if you can take these kids to meet real Native Americans, they would be fascinated. They maintain their culture, customs, and language. They are the real history of this country, they are good people, as good as anyone you will ever meet.
@TheMiamimari One of my students is part native American and I had him do the introduction to the song stating that everyone but his ancestors immigrated to America. We studied the native Americans and how many (not all) Europeans mistreated and cheated them out of their land.
Always loved this song growing up... seeing all the old pictures of families trying to live their dreams"coming to america" they would work 2-3 jobs and that was still better then where they came from TODAY that does not exist, its more about I don't want a job I want ot live off of others I want to do the least amount of work and get paid for it!! that is America TODAY!!
Can u imagine OWS playing this one on loud speakers to everyone in their crowds? lmao! Talk about the Banks and the Fed rioting! They'd shit themselves because this very song reminds you of what it means to be an American whether you immigrated here or were born here.
They would go ape-shit cuz they don't want us to remember WHO WE REALLY ARE!! I say, fuck 'em all!
america- the most stupid place on earth. get a health care system that isnt a joke for christ sake. stop being so stuck up with yourselves all the time. like america would be one of the greatest things to ever happen. it isnt. electing bush to be president for almost ten years says something about your shitty ass country and its people. the fact that america is a world leading country is mind boggling.
@MRAwesome1968 lol america is shit. the countries thats best to live in are sweden,finland,canada,switzerland and norway. usa is like a third world country compared to them.
@FanOfPopCulture another ignorant american i see. you probably think that all girls in sweden are 6"5 and blonde and all swedes have pet polar bears. stereotypes are stupid. nonetheless i would rather have those stereotypes than the stereotypes americans have. fat inbred rednecks. i rest my case.
@seriouslyfuckutube You are the one that seem to be a bit ignorant. Why are you so obsessed with putting America down? May I suggest that you might be a bit jealous?
@seriouslyfuckutube Why are you and so many others angry that Americans love their counry like I presume you love yours? Don't whatever country you come from have patrotism? Yes, I am proud to be American. Do we do everything right? No, like many other countries or cultures there are thing we get wrong. Get over it and move on. You love your country the way you want to and we'll love ours the way we want to.
@seriouslyfuckutube Further to the comment I left for you, this particular video pays tributes to the many people from all over the world - including your country whatever it is - who came to America. We call our country a "nation of immigrants" in tribute to those who came from all over the planet to America. There is no nation on earth that does not have people who have settled here to become an American. If you are mad, you can also look at the immigrants that came from YOUR country also.
@seriouslyfuckutube Last comment to 2 just sent, the build'g you see is the Immigratin Depot where millions of immigrants from all over the world entered the US during the 19/20th centuries. It is near the Statue of Liberty which welcomed those immigrants with these words, "Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearn'g to breath free, the wretched refuse of your teem'g shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door". Know what you hate.
@seriouslyfuckutube Why are people like you so jealous that Americans loves their country? I hope wherever you come from that you love your country as much as we love ours. Stop being so jealous of Americans' devotion to our country. It is our right to love our country the way we want, as it is your right to love your country the way you want.
Well crafted video, uplifting song. Isn't is great that "freedom's light" is now "burning warm" in more & more former dictatorships? The US may not have the physical ability to accept hundreds of millions of people wanting freedom & opportunity (which ALL 6 billion humans deserve) any longer, however, we CAN & SHOULD keep sharing with our global neighbors the knowledge & tools so everyone can create "a new & shiny place" wherever they may be, 30+ Years Anti-Hunger Volunteer. Peace & Love to ALL.
The BIble foretold about this thousands of years ago: One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion and all the nations of the world turning on Israel. Don't be on the side against Israel, freedom, the Bible, or Judeo-Christianity
I am very honored to be born an American of German decent. My Grandparents & Parents suffered countless hardships; including living mid-winter in the barn & shed with no running water, heat or electricity when their Wisconsin farm home burnt down. Working 16+ hrs a day to live in a free country and provide a better life for their children. I am eternally grateful for their example of what is important in life; love God, work hard, treat others with respect and be for anyone who needs help.
America is the beacon of freedom to the world because America was founded by Judeo-Christians. Our laws are written on the foundation of the Ten Commandments and Biblical principles. America and Israel are the best places in the world where freedom is protected and offered to all. Immigrants used to come here and want to LOVE America and they wanted to ASSIMILATE into our culture. They WANTED to be Americans. They didn't try to bring their oppressive cultures with them and replace ours.
Just remember guys...unless you are a Native American Indian...we are all immigrants! Some may have been here longer, but that is the truth, ya know. I'm not native American, but we treated them like crap, took their land and their freedom, and now we sing America the Free! Sad, really sad. They are a peaceful people, unlike the movies show. And the fact that were not hearing angry hateful words from them now, bringing up the past daily and harboring hates proves that.
@freakiestshayms What an honest comment, I am English and we are far from blameless when it comes to storming in to other peoples homelands and taking things. The thing is though it was not us personally it was our forefathers, as long as people learn from history something good may come from it and we can hopefully make a better world. Unfortunatly some never learn.
@LiveFreeOrDie1985 That may be true..not educated on that enough to agree or deny to be honest..but regardless of who was here first it doesn't change the fact that "We" Americans behaved horribly towards native american indians. And the Vikings must not have settled here because I have never heard about anyone taking it from the vikings..lol
"Paleo-Americans are believed to be the first people to have inhabited a large number of areas in the Americas, though they didn't inhabit the continent as a whole. The current prevailing theory postulates that Paleo-Indians entered the Americas from Asia via a land bridge (Beringia) connecting eastern Siberia with present-day Alaska when sea levels were significantly lower because of a widespread glaciation period ending
My Grandfather(90 years old) served in the Wehrmacht, the German Army, in the Second World War. At the end of the war he was taken as a POW and finnaly released just as this song was released. He has always told me that this was the first english song he has ever heard. Coincidence.
Yeah right...in an ideal fantasy world. How does one person fight millions of corrupt ones with all of their hitmen= be glad you weren't born in Mexico, etc.
If you & I weren't born in the good ol' USA, we would leave those nightmare countries that can't be changed in a New York minute...anyway you could. Thank God I was born in the USA, BUT unlike you, I feel sorry for those who weren't.
@GoodyBob No, in the real world. "How does one person fight millions of corrupt ones...?" It's called "Growing a set." One get's off their ass, organizes, fight for what they believe in even at the cost of their own life. If you're not willing to give up your life for somebody else's (or your own) freedoms then you really don't deserve to live there now do you.
This is just an awesome video!! My grandparents were immigrants from Poland and I am so proud of them and all they sacrificed to ensure that their descendants would have amazing opportunities!! My grandmother used to tell me "America is the land of dreams". how right she was!
Love this song and love this country, to all those people in the past who made this country one of the greatest countries in the world......... THANK YOU!!!! ♥
Yes, those were the days. People were proud to come to America, and America was excited to have immigrants who honored the freedom, values, language, and culture of our great country. Now we let them enter illegally and demand their "rights." Hopefully, this can be turned around by a president who loves and respects our great nation.
I absolutely love America! I am always proud to say I'm an American, it's such a great thing to be born in this wonderful nation! Though we're dealing with a lot of things, we always manage to pull through. This is why I'm joining the Air Force (: I want to serve! The majority of my family was/is in the Military, glad I'm following their footsteps!
@mibeha1022 Right, but in those days it was cheap/free to enter the US. But now, from bureaucracy & overhead, it costs about $1000 to get in & way more if want attorney to help with forms to dot the i's correctly & not spit out their app. & wait another eternity. BTW if pay Immigration more money they'll process you faster.
Many hard-working people in 3rd world countries like Mexico make $8/ day & can't ever get out of their poverty mess & the persecution/corruption of their own countries.
@GoodyBob We need to stop the illegals & beef up securityfor sure, but we very much need to lower the costs of entry or do a work payment plan & charge interest even, etc.. We need to let the good ones in & keep the bad ones out better. I don't want to work at McDonald's or do roofing with my college degree...so who will? I know, the whole thing is a tough issue.
@GoodyBob Every country deserves the goverment that they have.Citizens should fight for their rights.The solution is not to have all the world come to USA.Fight to make your own country better or live like the way you are living now.
@GoodyBob We can't give everything away for free to everyone in the world or we will go bankrupt, go under and will be forced to join Obama and his Green Religionists'/Communist'/Marxists' One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion Oh wait...that's what's happening right now because Obama's doing it on purpose. He's doing it so Islam and Sharia Law (including Sharia Finance Law) can rule the world. Get ready for beheadings & put all females in cloth torture chambers-burquas
@reesie2222 I agree. We would, & ARE, going broke from letting many use our resources while trying to help the whole world & letting all in. But its the illegal ones here who aren't allowed to get a social sec. # & therefore not paying taxes. One problem is the current immigration system is preventing many good useful people from coming here with its high charges & VERY long wait times, while allowing many bad ones to sneak in thru the unprotected borders.Tighten security & loosen immigration.
@reesie2222 I think you've been listening to too many of those hyprocritcal Republicans and Conservatives. You think they have better ideas? Such as creating WEALTHFARE for the rich who pay less taxes on the stupid rationalization that if they get what is the equivalent for them as a few extra "quarters" in their pockets they'll let it trickle down & create more jobs for those with less. I've find vast majority of rich think just about the rich & are not concerned about avg Americans as Obama.
@GoodyBob We can't give everything away for free to everyone in the world or we will go bankrupt, go under and will be forced to join Obama and his Green Religionists'/Communist'/Marxists' One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion Oh wait...that's what's happening right now because Obama's doing it on purpose. He's doing it so Islam and Sharia Law (including Sharia Finance Law) can rule the world. Get ready for beheadings & put all females in cloth torture chambers-burquas
It's very beautiful song and sung by Neil Diamond! The video's picture how America was made and prosper by hard working immigrant. Freedom and lot of opportunity in this country that other nation can not give. It so happened,...am one of those Immigrant become and very proud American.Thanks USA,..love you. Thank you for posting/sharing this beautiful video duhong831,..i like it.
My nan passed away last night, this was her favourite song. im gonna miss her dacncing around the living room singing her little heart out. When she smiles i smile. Na'night nanny joan, youll always be my hero <3
ericatwo1, this video is about "immigration". Great Britain colonized America, but was an occupying force. True we share the same language, and concepts of law, and we do depend on the UK's friendship. It is not a relationship that is taken for granted though. I don't have to mention WW1 and 2. And If the UK was attacked in an act of war, the U.S. would respond as if it was attacked itself. That in it's self counts for something.
Being hispanic, a Soldier who served in Kosovo and Iraq, and Grand father in WWII and Great father in WWI I am proud to say.... Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. Not for a king or queen, or crazy ass dictator.
@newtucson I know what you are talknig about, I served also with the best wings ever dreamed in my life! many people tried to break my faith but once you live this, nothing can change you...You are RIGHT AT ALL! and God bless our Country. AMERICA!
This is pure ignorance. While there are many countries without some particular ideological agenda (or 'good idea'), you've ignored a lot history here. What about the new South Africa? Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and their supporters worked for years to create a free South Africa, with liberty and equality being chief among their concerns.
@Andycards True. It was built on LEGAL immigration! Not from those "sneaking" in under cover of darkness across our borders. LOOK at the video again!! The video SPECIFICALLY focuses on those coming here through LEGAL IMMIGRATION! That building you see in the background shows immigrants coming here PROPERLY AND LEGALLY! Not hiding in car trunks or sneaking cross borders. In other words, the right way, as others should follow!
At 2.26 a map appears a map but it does not show any Britons on the map! We Brits founded America and developed its character! US speaks our language, make use of our laws! Depend on us Brits to get America out of the sh*t whenever she gets into a war! Ungrateful people! I would get George Washington and Abraham Lincoln citizenship cancelled at traitors!
@ericartwo1 We Brit's founded? That's like saying we americans had slaves..... I don't recall you Brit's ever getting America out of sh*t. (as you put it).
You did a splendid job in capturing the essence of this song and the history of America. I had cold chills the entire time. You get an A from this history lover! It is a creative and effective snapshot of a grand mark in American history.
Well done! This is to this very day, what America is all about! Legal immigrants coming into this great melting pot called the United States of America to become americans, to contribute what they have to make this a better country. It is they who spill their blood for this country's freedoms on foreign soils because they know just how precious our freedoms are!
@PATAGONIALOOP If you suck as bad as the revisionist history lessons you've thought up you'd be a Hoover vacuum cleaner! The United States welcomes LEGAL immigrants. It's the illegals that snuck in here we getting rid of.
Speaking of illegal immigrants, what's the penalty for anybody entering YOUR country? Prison w/ hard labor or just shot? Hypocrite.
@PATAGONIALOOP You think, I know! I supported a vietnamese family that went through all the proper channels to get here LEGALLY when I came back from 'Nam. It took over a year of dealing with red tape but they are here, still running a fine restaurant, and always tell me to leave my wallet at home, bill paid, because I helped them get into what he & his family calls, "The best country in the world." He calls me if I don't eat there at least once a week. You don't disrespect america around him...
@PATAGONIALOOP I know you're probably getting a heavy dose of the left-wing media tripe that will never tell you of all the great people still here in America who give millions of dollars in relief efforts, the volunteers that go to the scene of a disaster to help, those of us willing to take a bullet to save the life of a person they never knew but we are here.
Yet you feel it's a relief to be away from lady liberty? Why?
@PATAGONIALOOP No matter what country you live in there will always be problems as no nation is perfect. I however, love this country with all it's faults because of the freedoms we still have. This may be due to my upbringing in a wilderness setting but I learned while growing up how to hunt, fish, trap, forage and wildcraft for what it took to keep me alive and help put food on the family table. It taught me how to deal with life's problems with confidence. I sleep just fine.
@Inquisitor53 ...I was taught to to be thankful to live in what I believe to be the best country in the world and to pay it back in some way such as joining the military, which I did. I'm a 'Nam vet. 'Nuff said about that.
Yes, right now our political system sucks because a lot of the people became too complacent and thought electing socialists into office would be a good thing, without bothering to look at what it has done to other countries that have tried it led them to ruin. Thankfully...
Amazing video.. i can trace my ancestry close to 500 yrs all the way to mexico, including California,and Texas... makes you feel kinda small watching this pictures at this day and age :) Excellent job.
TheNohabla 1 day ago
EPIC !!!!!!
TheAnatoly890 6 days ago
I ask "hispanics" to look in they eyes of the people in this video, think about the previous things I've said, and have some respect and do things right and maybe some earned respect may return to you.
Shane11967 1 week ago
..........The real bigots are the "hispanics" that break into the country, bring crime, wild dysfunctional lifestyles to communities, disease, undermine jobs and pay for legal citizens, distort history to fit their racist invasion while hypocritically waving the flags of the counties they fled while burning and dragging ours down the street, settling into areas that can't even be argued that were ever part of mexico, and hypocritically using race to get away with all of which they do..........
Shane11967 1 week ago
........I don't have a problem with anyone wanting to become an American, but dammit do just that, do it right, behave yourselves, and drop the bad attitudes and hypocritical bigoted rhetoric.
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Not a big neil diamond fan but I love this song. We are all from immigrants. I have backgrounds in England, Germany, and Ireland while my wife has family in Sicily. The major difference to us and many "hispanics" though is that our folks came over and stood in line and applied for legal citizenship, had criminal background checks, had medical checkups, learned one common language over time, and had to learn and appreciate the history of the nation. NOBODY is entitled to a free pass or excuses.
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I want to Thank You for creating this piece. I know that it represents a tremendous amount of work; but the result is Beautiful ....
MrTahitijack 1 week ago
OUTSTANDING - IT SAYS IT ALL!!!
Scripter555 1 week ago
Hey dude, very powerful!! It made me think of my ancestors and what it would have looked like when they came...very similar to the people in the video
saffle82 2 weeks ago
My country tis of thee - sweet land of Liberty!!!!! Of thee I sing, of thee i sing - TODAY!!!
wildcowgirl77 2 weeks ago
4 people are communists
voiceofelijah2012 2 weeks ago 2
This is one of the coolest things I've seen on YouTube. Thank you. This song has been around for decades and I didn't really get it 'til I watched your video. Nice work.
MusicStudent70 3 weeks ago
This song is a big lie, shit yankees!
PATAGONIALOOP 3 weeks ago in playlist ENGLISH-SONG
The difference is that those shown in the video came to the country during a period of open immigration, when essentially all you had to do was show up at a port and sign a few papers (as my great-grandparents did) to become an American. Unfortunately we're evidently no longer interested in being a beacon of hope for the world, and the process of legal immigration is so onerous that it drives many underground. I doubt 10% of currently "legal" Americans could pass the citizenship test.
GunsofZapata 1 month ago
I love America ...
anjanpmajumdar 1 month ago
Legally i hope.
thug4life2005 1 month ago in playlist 80's music
positivethinkinghope I agree with you 100%. NumbersUSA is trying to eliminate many of the illegal immigration into this country. Seems the government is adding more "legals" into the country every year.
The American Dream is quickly disappearing.
dh190852 1 month ago
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The USA is having its freedoms taken away more and more, anyway.
GoodVideos4 1 month ago
i enjoyed watching this, great video.
Laylabubble 1 month ago
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Please watch my story "TIFFANY LEBOUEF SEEKS JUSTICE" They hid my only evidence and lied about it then they made me "TAKE THE DEAL" or go to Prison for 9 + yrs. This is crazy stuff. They have given me 2 strikes and one more brush with the law of any kind will send me to "PRISON FOR LIFE"..... HELP MEEEEEEEE!
I have documents to PROVE my innocence but no one will even look at it. What is going on with this country???
joanarc1111 1 month ago
Who's coming to America today? lol
Wizz3322 2 months ago
4 Republicans watched this video.
jeiger 2 months ago
Our skipper declared this the official theme song of USS AMERICA. It blasted across the flight deck while we 'manned the rails' every time we returned to Norfolk.
keithwarner 2 months ago
Who are we????we are artists, poets, musicians, singing the song of freedon to all who can hear, to the World, to the politicians, rulers, elites, BANKERS!!!Our dream will not die, we are ...the spirit of...AMERICA!!!Hear us ROAR!!!
Sylphqueen1968 2 months ago
Dont tread on me Let us Live In Freedom. Dont let the liberals take away your freedoms.
LiveFreeOrDie1985 2 months ago
@LiveFreeOrDie1985 Haha, The best things for you Americans to do is go for something sane and not those dumbass Republicans.
Demoist 2 months ago
@Demoist I want Ron Paul
LiveFreeOrDie1985 2 months ago
@LiveFreeOrDie1985 Yeah, I think he would be the best choice for America out of all of them.
Demoist 2 months ago
I liked your video! and was making a similar video with the same song. Unfortunately Youtube disabled my audio. Why were you able to use the song and I could not?
madar23 3 months ago 3
@madar23 I am not entirely sure.I uploaded this video a while ago, so maybe youtube changed some settings with the copyright issue.
duhong831 3 months ago
@madar23 Did you use the exact same version of the song?
ctraver 2 months ago
they should play this whenever there is an immigration bill in congress
sanvirel 3 months ago
I had to write half a page of what i saw it this video but I'm not hatin
Jarob112Tv 3 months ago
Great project, really great...
Sylphqueen1968 3 months ago
Very good job. !
Force15X 3 months ago in playlist 80's& 90's
Great Video...
jumbybird 3 months ago
@hampshireman65 WHat where some of us to do, sit around waiting to get killed in our mother country?
LeahWalentosky 3 months ago
@hampshireman65 These people came long after that. Their lives weren't so happy after coming through Ellis Island
LeahWalentosky 3 months ago
Thank you bright students who made this video. Yesterday, my 4th grade class used it as our background as they sang "Coming to America" honoring their forefathers at our annual Grandparents Day. I had many wonderful comments on the video. I told them that some very smart students in an AP US History class made it!
Good job!
Thank-you for sharing your great work.
LynnReneeGober 3 months ago 4
@LynnReneeGober Thank you, I hope you enjoyed it!
duhong831 3 months ago
@LynnReneeGober I would think the children should be taught that this song not only honors their forefathers, but each and every immigrant that has come to this country thereafter. This country belonged to the Native Americans, the English/Spaniards took their land from them, killed them, took over, I know Native Americans personally, their story is not the same as the white mans history book. the white man took everything away from them, put them in reservations, today they are shunned,
TheMiamimari 2 months ago
@TheMiamimari Just want to tell you, and not offend you, if you can take these kids to meet real Native Americans, they would be fascinated. They maintain their culture, customs, and language. They are the real history of this country, they are good people, as good as anyone you will ever meet.
TheMiamimari 2 months ago
@TheMiamimari One of my students is part native American and I had him do the introduction to the song stating that everyone but his ancestors immigrated to America. We studied the native Americans and how many (not all) Europeans mistreated and cheated them out of their land.
LynnReneeGober 2 months ago
@hampshireman65 Which ones, the Black Feet who killed the Cherokee for their lands, or the Apache who killed the Blackfeet?
yeshuason 3 months ago
Awesome song and very nice video, congrats!
lamaga2007 3 months ago
Very very well done!!
goodtogonow3 3 months ago
BORN IN EAST L.A. BABY!!
Fanik10 3 months ago
Always loved this song growing up... seeing all the old pictures of families trying to live their dreams"coming to america" they would work 2-3 jobs and that was still better then where they came from TODAY that does not exist, its more about I don't want a job I want ot live off of others I want to do the least amount of work and get paid for it!! that is America TODAY!!
kathco011 4 months ago
I wish they'd make this our National Anthem! It fits everything we need to remind ourselves of what we need to rise up and really be!
hawk8414 4 months ago
Can u imagine OWS playing this one on loud speakers to everyone in their crowds? lmao! Talk about the Banks and the Fed rioting! They'd shit themselves because this very song reminds you of what it means to be an American whether you immigrated here or were born here.
They would go ape-shit cuz they don't want us to remember WHO WE REALLY ARE!! I say, fuck 'em all!
hawk8414 4 months ago
Well Done ! There are no finer images to provide the background for this song !
COPPERSAN1 4 months ago
america- the most stupid place on earth. get a health care system that isnt a joke for christ sake. stop being so stuck up with yourselves all the time. like america would be one of the greatest things to ever happen. it isnt. electing bush to be president for almost ten years says something about your shitty ass country and its people. the fact that america is a world leading country is mind boggling.
seriouslyfuckutube 4 months ago
@seriouslyfuckutube Because we're still the best. What country would you say is better?
MRAwesome1968 4 months ago
@MRAwesome1968 lol america is shit. the countries thats best to live in are sweden,finland,canada,switzerland and norway. usa is like a third world country compared to them.
seriouslyfuckutube 4 months ago
@seriouslyfuckutube We can't all live in Sweden. The bore me to death capital of the world.
FanOfPopCulture 4 months ago
@FanOfPopCulture another ignorant american i see. you probably think that all girls in sweden are 6"5 and blonde and all swedes have pet polar bears. stereotypes are stupid. nonetheless i would rather have those stereotypes than the stereotypes americans have. fat inbred rednecks. i rest my case.
seriouslyfuckutube 4 months ago
@seriouslyfuckutube You are the one that seem to be a bit ignorant. Why are you so obsessed with putting America down? May I suggest that you might be a bit jealous?
positivethinkinghope 1 month ago
@seriouslyfuckutube Why are you and so many others angry that Americans love their counry like I presume you love yours? Don't whatever country you come from have patrotism? Yes, I am proud to be American. Do we do everything right? No, like many other countries or cultures there are thing we get wrong. Get over it and move on. You love your country the way you want to and we'll love ours the way we want to.
positivethinkinghope 3 months ago
@seriouslyfuckutube Further to the comment I left for you, this particular video pays tributes to the many people from all over the world - including your country whatever it is - who came to America. We call our country a "nation of immigrants" in tribute to those who came from all over the planet to America. There is no nation on earth that does not have people who have settled here to become an American. If you are mad, you can also look at the immigrants that came from YOUR country also.
positivethinkinghope 3 months ago
@seriouslyfuckutube Last comment to 2 just sent, the build'g you see is the Immigratin Depot where millions of immigrants from all over the world entered the US during the 19/20th centuries. It is near the Statue of Liberty which welcomed those immigrants with these words, "Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearn'g to breath free, the wretched refuse of your teem'g shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door". Know what you hate.
positivethinkinghope 3 months ago
@seriouslyfuckutube Why are people like you so jealous that Americans loves their country? I hope wherever you come from that you love your country as much as we love ours. Stop being so jealous of Americans' devotion to our country. It is our right to love our country the way we want, as it is your right to love your country the way you want.
positivethinkinghope 1 month ago
Great song. But don't let patriotism blind you to the crimes of our nation.
AthosAmo 5 months ago
Amazing job!! Kuddos to you!
linnievilla 5 months ago
Well crafted video, uplifting song. Isn't is great that "freedom's light" is now "burning warm" in more & more former dictatorships? The US may not have the physical ability to accept hundreds of millions of people wanting freedom & opportunity (which ALL 6 billion humans deserve) any longer, however, we CAN & SHOULD keep sharing with our global neighbors the knowledge & tools so everyone can create "a new & shiny place" wherever they may be, 30+ Years Anti-Hunger Volunteer. Peace & Love to ALL.
mjcamck 5 months ago
The BIble foretold about this thousands of years ago: One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion and all the nations of the world turning on Israel. Don't be on the side against Israel, freedom, the Bible, or Judeo-Christianity
reesie2222 5 months ago
@newtucson
No country hasn't been built on blood and massacre
jade67891 5 months ago
Another twenty-one died while in the employ of Forte Food, a catering service that fed the traders at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Many of the dead were Latino, or light-skinned black men, or Indian, or Arab.
Peace,
V
MegaVeronicaLodge 5 months ago
@MegaVeronicaLodge well, your choices are to dwell on a few instances from the past, or to move forward in a positive manner.
bbear8 5 months ago
@bbear8 Exactly ~ these people moved on to a better life in America and then stood before God.
Peace,
V
MegaVeronicaLodge 5 months ago
Brings a tear to my eye...especially looking at the children.
2blueyez1 5 months ago
I am very honored to be born an American of German decent. My Grandparents & Parents suffered countless hardships; including living mid-winter in the barn & shed with no running water, heat or electricity when their Wisconsin farm home burnt down. Working 16+ hrs a day to live in a free country and provide a better life for their children. I am eternally grateful for their example of what is important in life; love God, work hard, treat others with respect and be for anyone who needs help.
jfsw12 6 months ago
América es un continente, NO un pais.
America is a continent, NOT a country.
amramlacnodmo 6 months ago
USA* USA* USA*
aTime4UandMe 6 months ago
They should have sung this in An American Tail.
meatloaf7593 7 months ago
1 person got deported.
HammerOfTheSun 7 months ago
America is the beacon of freedom to the world because America was founded by Judeo-Christians. Our laws are written on the foundation of the Ten Commandments and Biblical principles. America and Israel are the best places in the world where freedom is protected and offered to all. Immigrants used to come here and want to LOVE America and they wanted to ASSIMILATE into our culture. They WANTED to be Americans. They didn't try to bring their oppressive cultures with them and replace ours.
reesie2222 7 months ago
awesome vid; love it love it love it....(7/4/11)
newfoundjoy 8 months ago
This is probably the first vid I have ever seen without a dislike!
natethegreat832 8 months ago 4
Just remember guys...unless you are a Native American Indian...we are all immigrants! Some may have been here longer, but that is the truth, ya know. I'm not native American, but we treated them like crap, took their land and their freedom, and now we sing America the Free! Sad, really sad. They are a peaceful people, unlike the movies show. And the fact that were not hearing angry hateful words from them now, bringing up the past daily and harboring hates proves that.
freakiestshayms 8 months ago 3
@freakiestshayms What an honest comment, I am English and we are far from blameless when it comes to storming in to other peoples homelands and taking things. The thing is though it was not us personally it was our forefathers, as long as people learn from history something good may come from it and we can hopefully make a better world. Unfortunatly some never learn.
gumbyflowers 6 months ago
@freakiestshayms The vikings were here before the native americans even were.
LiveFreeOrDie1985 2 months ago
@LiveFreeOrDie1985 That may be true..not educated on that enough to agree or deny to be honest..but regardless of who was here first it doesn't change the fact that "We" Americans behaved horribly towards native american indians. And the Vikings must not have settled here because I have never heard about anyone taking it from the vikings..lol
freakiestshayms 2 months ago
@LiveFreeOrDie1985 The Native Americans predate the Vikings.
"Paleo-Americans are believed to be the first people to have inhabited a large number of areas in the Americas, though they didn't inhabit the continent as a whole. The current prevailing theory postulates that Paleo-Indians entered the Americas from Asia via a land bridge (Beringia) connecting eastern Siberia with present-day Alaska when sea levels were significantly lower because of a widespread glaciation period ending
gordana1013 2 months ago
@freakiestshayms Glad you said that, cause it is so true.
TheMiamimari 2 months ago
My Grandfather(90 years old) served in the Wehrmacht, the German Army, in the Second World War. At the end of the war he was taken as a POW and finnaly released just as this song was released. He has always told me that this was the first english song he has ever heard. Coincidence.
ZackMyslinski 8 months ago
yeah but they come here and make money, which I'm not against but instead of investing that money on proper documention they send it back to Messyco.
americkcano 8 months ago
one of my favorite Neil Diamond songs! My family came to America before the Revolutionary War...anyway you got here, America is a wonderful place!
pruplemango 8 months ago
Yeah right...in an ideal fantasy world. How does one person fight millions of corrupt ones with all of their hitmen= be glad you weren't born in Mexico, etc.
If you & I weren't born in the good ol' USA, we would leave those nightmare countries that can't be changed in a New York minute...anyway you could. Thank God I was born in the USA, BUT unlike you, I feel sorry for those who weren't.
GoodyBob 8 months ago
@GoodyBob No, in the real world. "How does one person fight millions of corrupt ones...?" It's called "Growing a set." One get's off their ass, organizes, fight for what they believe in even at the cost of their own life. If you're not willing to give up your life for somebody else's (or your own) freedoms then you really don't deserve to live there now do you.
Inquisitor53 8 months ago
This is just an awesome video!! My grandparents were immigrants from Poland and I am so proud of them and all they sacrificed to ensure that their descendants would have amazing opportunities!! My grandmother used to tell me "America is the land of dreams". how right she was!
Wlodarek 8 months ago 9
wonderful video. i got chills thinking of my grandparents coming here from poland... so glad they did!
qattah 9 months ago
Awesome job with this video. Made me cry cause America isn't that way anymore, and I am sad about that.
freethinker008 9 months ago
I have looked for Neil Diamond singing this at Liberty Weekend in 1986...Any one know where I can find that from the ABC telecast?
JamesBarcus30 10 months ago
Love this song and love this country, to all those people in the past who made this country one of the greatest countries in the world......... THANK YOU!!!! ♥
Hot4Momma 10 months ago 4
america is not how it was in those glorious days now our country is falling apart..sad to say but true
ncali09n2 10 months ago
Yes, those were the days. People were proud to come to America, and America was excited to have immigrants who honored the freedom, values, language, and culture of our great country. Now we let them enter illegally and demand their "rights." Hopefully, this can be turned around by a president who loves and respects our great nation.
DrDevereaux 10 months ago
I absolutely love America! I am always proud to say I'm an American, it's such a great thing to be born in this wonderful nation! Though we're dealing with a lot of things, we always manage to pull through. This is why I'm joining the Air Force (: I want to serve! The majority of my family was/is in the Military, glad I'm following their footsteps!
RickyGervaisFreak 10 months ago
fuk america dis aint no fuken free country
junior6611 11 months ago
@junior6611 If you hate America, kiss my ass! America is a bad ass country! We are free, but freedom doesn't come free, we have to fight for it!
RickyGervaisFreak 10 months ago
@junior6611 you're a jerk!!
phantomangel21 10 months ago
@junior6611 ...learn how to spell idiot.
pittsburghdean02 9 months ago
Great video. How it should be. Not fence jumping, hiding trunks of cars.
mibeha1022 11 months ago
@mibeha1022 Right, but in those days it was cheap/free to enter the US. But now, from bureaucracy & overhead, it costs about $1000 to get in & way more if want attorney to help with forms to dot the i's correctly & not spit out their app. & wait another eternity. BTW if pay Immigration more money they'll process you faster.
Many hard-working people in 3rd world countries like Mexico make $8/ day & can't ever get out of their poverty mess & the persecution/corruption of their own countries.
GoodyBob 11 months ago 13
@GoodyBob We need to stop the illegals & beef up securityfor sure, but we very much need to lower the costs of entry or do a work payment plan & charge interest even, etc.. We need to let the good ones in & keep the bad ones out better. I don't want to work at McDonald's or do roofing with my college degree...so who will? I know, the whole thing is a tough issue.
GoodyBob 11 months ago 2
@GoodyBob Every country deserves the goverment that they have.Citizens should fight for their rights.The solution is not to have all the world come to USA.Fight to make your own country better or live like the way you are living now.
franciscodammoon 8 months ago
@franciscodammoon see my comment please(I forgot to hit "reply"). Thanks.
GoodyBob 8 months ago
@GoodyBob We can't give everything away for free to everyone in the world or we will go bankrupt, go under and will be forced to join Obama and his Green Religionists'/Communist'/Marxists' One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion Oh wait...that's what's happening right now because Obama's doing it on purpose. He's doing it so Islam and Sharia Law (including Sharia Finance Law) can rule the world. Get ready for beheadings & put all females in cloth torture chambers-burquas
reesie2222 5 months ago
@reesie2222 I agree. We would, & ARE, going broke from letting many use our resources while trying to help the whole world & letting all in. But its the illegal ones here who aren't allowed to get a social sec. # & therefore not paying taxes. One problem is the current immigration system is preventing many good useful people from coming here with its high charges & VERY long wait times, while allowing many bad ones to sneak in thru the unprotected borders.Tighten security & loosen immigration.
GoodyBob 5 months ago
@reesie2222 I think you've been listening to too many of those hyprocritcal Republicans and Conservatives. You think they have better ideas? Such as creating WEALTHFARE for the rich who pay less taxes on the stupid rationalization that if they get what is the equivalent for them as a few extra "quarters" in their pockets they'll let it trickle down & create more jobs for those with less. I've find vast majority of rich think just about the rich & are not concerned about avg Americans as Obama.
positivethinkinghope 1 month ago
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@GoodyBob We can't give everything away for free to everyone in the world or we will go bankrupt, go under and will be forced to join Obama and his Green Religionists'/Communist'/Marxists' One World Currency, One World Government, One World Religion Oh wait...that's what's happening right now because Obama's doing it on purpose. He's doing it so Islam and Sharia Law (including Sharia Finance Law) can rule the world. Get ready for beheadings & put all females in cloth torture chambers-burquas
reesie2222 5 months ago
Outstanding Job
janter101087 11 months ago
I salute you my young friend.
tbu1mi 1 year ago
were playing a mix of neil diamond in my high school band its awsome
cjp183 1 year ago
love it !!!!!!!! what a legend
thomsonpete 1 year ago
It's very beautiful song and sung by Neil Diamond! The video's picture how America was made and prosper by hard working immigrant. Freedom and lot of opportunity in this country that other nation can not give. It so happened,...am one of those Immigrant become and very proud American.Thanks USA,..love you. Thank you for posting/sharing this beautiful video duhong831,..i like it.
diko62656 1 year ago 3
My nan passed away last night, this was her favourite song. im gonna miss her dacncing around the living room singing her little heart out. When she smiles i smile. Na'night nanny joan, youll always be my hero <3
weepee1967 1 year ago
AMERICA ROCK, AND NEIL DIAMOND ROCKS WITH AMERICA!
chavah7337 1 year ago
This was for a class? I hope your teacher isn't a tea bagger.
tripwilliams2 1 year ago
ericatwo1, this video is about "immigration". Great Britain colonized America, but was an occupying force. True we share the same language, and concepts of law, and we do depend on the UK's friendship. It is not a relationship that is taken for granted though. I don't have to mention WW1 and 2. And If the UK was attacked in an act of war, the U.S. would respond as if it was attacked itself. That in it's self counts for something.
pocogirl 1 year ago
You did a great job on your AP American History project. I really enjoyed it. I sincerely hope you got an A, and thanks for posting it.
pocogirl 1 year ago
Being hispanic, a Soldier who served in Kosovo and Iraq, and Grand father in WWII and Great father in WWI I am proud to say.... Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. Not for a king or queen, or crazy ass dictator.
newtucson 1 year ago 34
@newtucson I know what you are talknig about, I served also with the best wings ever dreamed in my life! many people tried to break my faith but once you live this, nothing can change you...You are RIGHT AT ALL! and God bless our Country. AMERICA!
ascgard 7 months ago
@newtucson
This is pure ignorance. While there are many countries without some particular ideological agenda (or 'good idea'), you've ignored a lot history here. What about the new South Africa? Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and their supporters worked for years to create a free South Africa, with liberty and equality being chief among their concerns.
elkym1 5 months ago
@newtucson even thought i dont live in america i wish i where living there because everything seems so better out there
MrMill45 3 months ago
This Country was built on immgartion Arizona!
Andycards 1 year ago
@Andycards True. It was built on LEGAL immigration! Not from those "sneaking" in under cover of darkness across our borders. LOOK at the video again!! The video SPECIFICALLY focuses on those coming here through LEGAL IMMIGRATION! That building you see in the background shows immigrants coming here PROPERLY AND LEGALLY! Not hiding in car trunks or sneaking cross borders. In other words, the right way, as others should follow!
positivethinkinghope 1 month ago
At 2.26 a map appears a map but it does not show any Britons on the map! We Brits founded America and developed its character! US speaks our language, make use of our laws! Depend on us Brits to get America out of the sh*t whenever she gets into a war! Ungrateful people! I would get George Washington and Abraham Lincoln citizenship cancelled at traitors!
ericartwo1 1 year ago
@ericartwo1 We Brit's founded? That's like saying we americans had slaves..... I don't recall you Brit's ever getting America out of sh*t. (as you put it).
butchnroxy 1 year ago
why not a national anthem ?......
coolgirl13400 1 year ago
You did a splendid job in capturing the essence of this song and the history of America. I had cold chills the entire time. You get an A from this history lover! It is a creative and effective snapshot of a grand mark in American history.
spinion1 1 year ago
I love this, i
LeahWalentosky 1 year ago
gives me chills
kfag101 1 year ago
Well done! Hope you got a high score for this.
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
Well done! This is to this very day, what America is all about! Legal immigrants coming into this great melting pot called the United States of America to become americans, to contribute what they have to make this a better country. It is they who spill their blood for this country's freedoms on foreign soils because they know just how precious our freedoms are!
Thank you, and WELCOME TO AMERICA!
Inquisitor53 1 year ago 2
Wonderful video and song sounds great. I do genealogy and I think this is a great way to get people interested.
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@PATAGONIALOOP If you suck as bad as the revisionist history lessons you've thought up you'd be a Hoover vacuum cleaner! The United States welcomes LEGAL immigrants. It's the illegals that snuck in here we getting rid of.
Speaking of illegal immigrants, what's the penalty for anybody entering YOUR country? Prison w/ hard labor or just shot? Hypocrite.
Inquisitor53 1 year ago 2
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@PATAGONIALOOP You think, I know! I supported a vietnamese family that went through all the proper channels to get here LEGALLY when I came back from 'Nam. It took over a year of dealing with red tape but they are here, still running a fine restaurant, and always tell me to leave my wallet at home, bill paid, because I helped them get into what he & his family calls, "The best country in the world." He calls me if I don't eat there at least once a week. You don't disrespect america around him...
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
@Inquisitor53 ...or his family and nobody disrespects them around me! So much for americans being haters, huh?
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@PATAGONIALOOP I know you're probably getting a heavy dose of the left-wing media tripe that will never tell you of all the great people still here in America who give millions of dollars in relief efforts, the volunteers that go to the scene of a disaster to help, those of us willing to take a bullet to save the life of a person they never knew but we are here.
Yet you feel it's a relief to be away from lady liberty? Why?
Inquisitor53 1 year ago 2
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@PATAGONIALOOP No matter what country you live in there will always be problems as no nation is perfect. I however, love this country with all it's faults because of the freedoms we still have. This may be due to my upbringing in a wilderness setting but I learned while growing up how to hunt, fish, trap, forage and wildcraft for what it took to keep me alive and help put food on the family table. It taught me how to deal with life's problems with confidence. I sleep just fine.
In my family...
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@PATAGONIALOOP State: Florida. City: None. Nearest geographical location: Green Swamp, roughly 50 miles NE of Tampa.
Inquisitor53 1 year ago
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@Inquisitor53 ...I was taught to to be thankful to live in what I believe to be the best country in the world and to pay it back in some way such as joining the military, which I did. I'm a 'Nam vet. 'Nuff said about that.
Yes, right now our political system sucks because a lot of the people became too complacent and thought electing socialists into office would be a good thing, without bothering to look at what it has done to other countries that have tried it led them to ruin. Thankfully...
Inquisitor53 1 year ago 2
@Inquisitor53 ... the nation-wide elections are this coming Tuesday and most of the socialists will be voted out of office. Oh happy day!
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PATAGONIALOOP 1 year ago
@Inquisitor53 yay!
kfag101 1 year ago
School project? Nicely done!
cdh88 1 year ago
I enjoyed this immensely. Great job
jazzzbaby 1 year ago