The Star-Spangled Banner: Jefferson Elementary for World's Largest Concert

The Star-Spangled Banner by Jefferson Elementary School, Second Grade class in Shelby, North Carolina. Video by Neofilm Productions. World's Largest Concert DVD.

The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key (1779 - 1843)
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, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O 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, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O 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 wiped out their foul footstep's 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 homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-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!

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Education

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• Jefferson Elementary School
• shelby nc
• The Star Spangled Banner
• national anthem
• World's Largest Concert
• WLC
• inspirational
• charmed

[LetsRunTheDayAway]

This is so cute, I live very close to Shelby actually, so I was surprised to see this video! (:

[neofilm]

@LetsRunTheDayAway Thanks, it was an honor to do it! Iove doing videography!!! The teacher, Justin Harper, worked hard to get the kids ready and did a great job. We had some set backs and so we only had one day to put this together. So, it was done quick. But, the great news is, it will be included in the World’s Largest Concert DVD for 2011! :)

[apatterson85]

justin your awesome man....if I can learn as much as you have about music it will sure do me no harm....keep up the good work