U.S.A. National Anthem - The Star Spangled Banner : by RKT

AMERICA -" HOME OF THE FREE - BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE"

Proclaimed by Richard Kerry Thompson, bel canto Irish American Tenor - with Power and Passion, his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner has been acclaimed for decades.

RKT has honored America at events such as: Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, U.S.S. Constitution, U.S.S. Salem, Bunker Hill, JFK Library, Dayton Flyers, Boston Harbor Fest, Massachusetts National Cemetery, Boston Faneuil Hall, National Powerlifting Championship, Mass. Korean War Memorial, Swartz Creek Veterans Memorial, and numerous other Civic events.

As Francis Scott Key composed this poem - He posed it as a question...
Does that Star - Spangled Banner yet wave, oer the land of the free and the home of the brave? -

Only with the start of the Civil War did "The Star-Spangled Banner" become a nationally popular song. Both Union and Confederate forces rallied to it. During World War I, a drive began in Congress to make it the official anthem of America's armed forces. There were other contenders for the title, including "America the Beautiful" and "Yankee Doodle." Maryland legislators and citizens were among the most active groups and individuals who pressed to get Francis Scott Key's words and accompanying English tune ratified into law as the country's first national anthem. That finally happened with passage of P.L. 823 and President Herbert Hoover's signature on March 3, 1931.

The anthem has four verses, each ending with the line, "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
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As Freedom is not free - We are indebted to all who have served AMERICA to in preserving our rights. - THANK YOU

Also a special recognition to Mr. Paul Washington Ballou and his dear mother from South Boston (Southie) Massachusetts - A true Patriot.

This rendition was recorded in N.P.R. Studios in Miami Florida by PLP Productions - Paul Leary


This Video is dedicated to my Father and Mother who have served their country in small town America by giving unconditionally to her people.

AMERICA -" HOME OF THE FREE - BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE"

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