We fly ours 24/7 also. The front of our home is graced with 'Ol Glory, under light at night of course. Salute

Awesome

Did you burn the old one?

​@@BurtGummer85just give to your local boyscout troop or VFW and they'll dispose of it properly

​​@@BurtGummer85I know why you ask that question cuz you're supposed to so it will never touch the ground and there's only supposed to be one not many

I have always had an affinity for Britain, and I just found out last night, I am related to Queen Elizabeth. I'm an American, and proud of my ancestry, but henceforth I claim my Royal privilege and shall refer to myself with the Royal "We".

I believe they still do. Every September 11.

Yes. It was very very moving.

​@@greggpangle4385welm good for you! hope your family are all bowing and curtseying!

Stood alone, what do you mean?

​@Timbothruster-fh3cw Against Nazi Germany they should alone after other nations had fallen.

​​@@Timbothruster-fh3cwmeaning for a short time before the USA entered the war, England was the only country not conquered by the NAZIs . If we hadn't entered they would have been speaking German and likely all of the world. Which would also explain why the shadow government allowed Pearl harbor to occur. It made us enter. We were the sleeping Bear. “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Isoroku Yamamoto.

@@jonathanfreedom1st Oh yeah I get that, I just thought he meant the entire war.

You think of Brits fighting Germans when you hear the Star Spangled Banner? TF?

I put up a new flag every memorial day, and take the old one to the vfw near me for a retirement ceremony

My great-great-great-whatever-granduncle John Billington was one of those who crossed on the Mayflower. He's known for befriending the native Squanto after getting lost in the forest, directly influencing the first Thanksgiving. On the other hand, he's also known for almost blowing up the Mayflower when he tried to show off to his younger brother Francis by shooting a gun . . . in the ship's magazine. Edit: fixed relation

Yes I'm mostly Irish but part British as well.

My 4x Great grandfather was George Canbye, a deacon in Thorne, Yorkshire… his son made the trip over. That’s the thing with America. Just like the gentleman said before, it’s less about who you are and more about what you believe. And we believe that freedoms are God-given. And it doesn’t matter from what backgrounds you come, as long as that’s the base, you are an American.

@@johncanby8109 Exactly

As do mine. But we aren't British. We're American. There's a distinct difference. In so many ways. Not just because England has screwed up the language.

Except that the story in the video is completely made up.

James as been replaced😂😂 this story choke anyone up😢

@@allenhill1223 He’s gathering strength for the arrival of Baby Beesley. Newborn babies are not for the faint-hearted.

Nice to see anyone besides him in the chair.

About time@@allenhill1223

Dude see a shrink, jesus

​@drobichaud1000 why does he need to see a shrink? Because he understands with every fiber what the flag means while you don't. Sounds like you need to see someone more like.

@@drobichaud1000 If you are American and made that statement clearly you are young and understand nothing. Taking your freedom for granted while other put their lives on the for it. I am a Veteran, My father in the Korean War, My Brother in the in the Vietnam war and My Brother-in-Law Marine Recon during Tet offensive. @djbeezy Thank you for having the courage to stand up for what is right and putting your life on the line for it.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice and for your grandfather's. My grandfather fought in WW2 as well, in the Pacific. He was in the Navy.

​@@drobichaud1000Seek help ASAP!! 🤦‍♂️

Republicans absolutely DO NOT believe in freedom for all. Unless you exclude gays, lesbians, trans, drag queens, book authors, Muslims, Athiests, Jews, black and brown people, poor people, college professors, school teachers, pregnant women, single women, single mothers, hungry kids, sick kids, "the left", "the woke", etc, etc, etc....

I was just explaining to my son in law how the US is a Republic not a Democracy. We have democracy when it comes to our elected officials but the nation as a whole is a republic due to our Constitutional Rights that protect our individual rights.

​@@georgiaann4402I said the Pledge of Allegiance everyday in school through 12 years. And not once until I read your comment that I think about its use of the word Republic in the pledge😂

You have captured the essence of the American experiment, our Revolutionary approach to government.

Well said! And, when I was in school, the Pledge of Allegiance was definitely mandatory. Public school. I remember one kid getting sent to the principals office for not putting his hand over his heart after being told to. We really really really do love our flag. I think it’s partly because most of us have some military family, or military history, or I have come here, seeking a better life. As a result, that flag means a hell of a lot. It’s something people fight for, people, die for, and people leave their homes to seek. As an American, I just want all of those people to get what they deserve. The last thing I want is for someone to come from a war, torn country, and experience anything less than freedom

I think it is interesting that a 6-pointed star was wanted, but too expensive or complex, I forget. But it would be interesting.

Yeah, I keep seeing this video being reacted to, but both the speaker and the pictures conflate the Star Spangled Banner with the Revolutionary war which makes my OCD go nuts. From referring to the states as the "colonies" to showing the founding fathers including George Washington, many who had passed by the time of the War of 1812. Inspiring story nonetheless.

Betty Ross didn't make or design the first flag. Thats something her descendants made up.

That story is complete BS. Nothing in it was true other than the British attacked and FSK wrote a song.

​@@TruthHurts2uThen why are you here child?

​@@la_old_salt2241Because he hates America

​@@TruthHurts2uthank you for making me feel lousy

I am proud to say that Georgia is the fourth State in the Union. The white stripe fourth down from the top.

This story is completely made up and 99% BS.

I’d say this version of the story is only like 10% true. Other than that Key was inspired to write the song after observing the flag following the bombardment of fort McHenry, pretty much all the rest is pure fiction. No hundreds of ships, no ultimatum regarding the flag, no piles of bodies supporting the flag (in fact only 4 deaths in the fort at all).

Agreed with Adam. Barely any of this is historically accurate. Adding to the glaring issues that he pointed out, there was also no cargo hold full of prisoners for Key to relate the happening of the battle to (which he couldn't even see from where he was; he only saw the "red glare" in the sky). The only woman at Fort McHenry was the wife of the commander.

Thank you - I recently saw this at a Church class and CRINGED hearing the glaring errors - especially as a History major and retired US Naval Aircrewman. Also - we were no longer "colonies" at this point, but a Nation.

There were women and children there one of the people killed was an officer's wife.

Why do you say that?? this is a tiny part of our history not even touch on in schools . You are not the only country to gain independance from Britain.

@@claregale9011 The U.S. was the first, and sparked a world war when France entered on the U.S,'s side. Did you actually think that the French entered to help the U.S.? It was only to take some of the British colonies, like in the Caribbean.

@@davidcosta2244 Wrong. The 'War of Independence' was not a world war by any means. At the time the UK was fighting a REAL world war against Spain and France. No it was a British Civil War, fought by honourable British citizens on both sides, on British territory over British taxes to pay for the Franco Indian war and representation in the British parliament. But yes France (like the USA today) is no one's friend but their own.

Why avoid it? So we lost this one battle but won the war of 1812 which was started by the USA invading British North America (now Canada) and getting kicked out.

@@claregale9011 However,, by posting in the tone that you did makes the reader think that you're a. Richard Cranium. Now, if you don't understand how writings can have a specific tone, then you need to take a writing course.

That's one of only multiple inaccuracies in the video. The narrator mixes up the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 several times, and even gets the name of the fort incorrect. And as you probably know, only three people died during the battle, there were no women and children, no piles of bodies, no cargo hold full of prisoners, and no one died holding up the flag. This story is completely made up.

I like our flag but I like the British flag as well. I think we both have nice looking flags. Obviously we have a lot of things that are spin-offs of our original British heritage.

This story is completely made up. The British attacked, and Key wrote a song, but none of the other events described here actually happened. Like, at all. There were no piles of bodies, no cargo hold full of prisoners, or people dying while holding up the flag.

we?

As a wounded Army veteran, I prefer the true story. And the truth is that we were smarter and tougher than the british, and we had the high ground. The bombardment lasted for 27 HOURS. We did not sit there overnight dying holding the flag. We were too busy shooting back. We fought, as warriors, in glory. We fought so effectively that Only 4 Americans died at the battle for Fort McHenry. There were no women or children, because we no American warrior would put their family in harms way like that. The song is about the fresh clean new flag that we raised that morning, as a big middle finger to the British as they sailed away. This was the glorious Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.

@@DocBadr That torn flag is enshrined in the Smithsonian first thing you see when walking in. There was no fresh clean flag that morning.

Is your mom ok?🤔

Technically it's an anthem not a song

@@shyryTsr2k Um.. Anthems are songs. Look up the definition of "anthem".

You should know that this story isn't accurate. So nothing was really "explained". It's from a Christian Nationalist radio show from the mid-century, and the host made up nearly the entire story. Only three people died, no one died holding up the flag, there was no cargo hold full of prisoners, Key never related the happenings of the battle, etc.

Queen Elizabeth earned Our Flag to be dipped, in honor of her life, and her fealty. GOD Bless her 💜

@@lauriekurad I most certainly don’t disagree with that.

​@@Skilletfan... I had to comment, as there were a few who denied it, and well... other's Thank you 🌹

I’ve never sung it in church either. Just sporting events

I'm in Texas and we never have Sang it in church!!!

I agree never sang it in church.

People used to sing it in church as our Nation was founded on God and therefore it was and is appropriate to sing in church. The old hymnals in our church have the Anthem in them along with America the Beautiful, Battle Hymn of the Republic, etc. ❤ I forgot to mention that we sing them in church still but mostly around the 4th and Memorial Day and Veterans Day. When I was a kid we sang them more often but it seems through the years that they’ve become more associated with Patriotic holidays and only are sang on and around those holidays.

Sang it many times, usually on the Sunday closest to 4th of July or VeteransDay. Also, America the Beautiful or God Bless America, and sometimes the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Honoring Veterans.

As a wounded Army veteran, I prefer the true story. And the truth is that we were smarter and tougher than the british, and we had the high ground. The bombardment lasted for 27 HOURS. We did not sit there overnight dying holding the flag. We were too busy shooting back. We fought, as warriors, in glory. We fought so effectively that Only 4 Americans died at the battle for Fort McHenry. There were no women or children, because we no American warrior would put their family in harms way like that. The song is about the fresh clean new flag that we raised that morning, as a big middle finger to the British as they sailed away. This was the glorious Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.

As a veteran, my dad meant how proud he felt whenever he sighted the flag during and after the war. He never saw this video, he, like me, only knew what we were taught that it was written after a battle that was witnessed by Francis Scott Key.

Except gays, trans, teachers, Muslims, black people, Mexicans, Jews, "the left", "the woke", etc, etc, etc....

Yes they have, but in this case, only three people died during this battle. So no piles of bodies, no slain women or children, and no one died holding up the flag. I really don't understand why they reacted to this again, knowing how inaccurate it was.

In my school, 60s also, it the pledge and the LORD'S prayer. Nobody was forced to do either. I remember a Jehovah witness girl that didn't say either because of her religion. Cute little redhead. I kinda had a crush on her. lol

I was in school only a few decades ago, and it was exactly the same. Most schools still do this. And while not everyone was forced to, in some schools, they were. I remember a kid at my (public) school who was suspended for refusing to say the "under God" part of the pledge, even though it wasn't in the original pledge (it was added shortly before you started going to school, actually). Still boggles my mind.

forehead slap... groan

The music used for the American national anthem was originally written in England

Thank you. ❤

I was just about to comment about the video having the wrong name for the fort when I saw your comment. It is indeed McHenry. Another minor mistake they made was in he second line of the song. It should be "What so proudly we "hailed".......... The lyrics on the screen had the word as "held", although it does sound like the singer actually sings the correct word.

He didn't tell the men anything because he never went aboard any prison ships. This story is complete BS, nothing in it is true.

Forgot to also mention that it should be "perilous fight", not "flight" as in the graphics.

there is a lot of false info that this guy tells in this video, people just hear things from a random guy on youtube and take it as gospel. the sentiment is there, i get what he is trying to portray but do it right with facts. he talks about George Washington saying id rather die on my feet than live on my knees.that wasnt his quote.

You are partly right and partly wrong. Key was not aboard a British prison ship during the bombardment, but he was aboard a British troopship anchored 4 miles away. He had been sent to try to negotiate the release of one civilian captive and was detained when the bombardment started. His vantage point to see what was going on, especially during the night, was certainly less than ideal but when dawn broke he was able to see that the flag was still flying over the fort and penned his poem. It's a little unclear, but I don't believe he ever set foot in the fort in the aftermath. Some propaganda, some truth.

I remember this from my grandfather's funeral when I was younger (WWII Army veteran).

Right now I have two folded flags : My oldest brother died Oct 9th last year at 64 years old . My father died on April 29th this year at almost 92 years old. (It’s been a really rough 12 months for my family…) Both my dad and brother served in the Air Force, so were honored with flags. One of my sisters found beautiful wooden cases meant to house and display their folded flags… it means so much to me to have this symbol of thanks from our nation for their service.

As a wounded Army veteran, I prefer the true story. And the truth is that we were smarter and tougher than the british, and we had the high ground. The bombardment lasted for 27 HOURS. We did not sit there overnight dying holding the flag. We were too busy shooting back. We fought, as warriors, in glory. We fought so effectively that Only 4 Americans died at the battle for Fort McHenry. There were no women or children, because we no American warrior would put their family in harms way like that. The song is about the fresh clean new flag that we raised that morning, as a big middle finger to the British as they sailed away. This was the glorious Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.

"It has all the historical accuracy of "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"" 🤣 100%👍🏻

Ok gotcha captain flag 'o pedia

@@drobichaud1000 Yes PROUD to be - as I love the flag and all it stands for!! All the men and women who died fighting for our freedom - it deserves all the respect it is given!! If you don't like that - don't watch these videos!!

Then you should know that this story isn't true. At all. None of it is, except that Key went to negotiate the release of a prisoner (just one, his friend), and he wrote a poem after the battle. There were no piles of bodies (only three people died). No one died holding up the flag. There was no cargo hold full of prisoners, Key was not relating the happening of the battle to the imaginary prisoners, etc. The "narrator" even gets the name of the fort wrong, and mixes up the War of 1812 with the Revolutionary War, at least three different times.

Thank you for saying something. I'm kind of aghast that they did this video a third time, after acknowledging how inaccurate it was.

They already said it was embellished. Propaganda is to convince someone of something that is not true. The foundation of this "story" is true. We are not stupid to think otherwise. No need to preach. Thanks for the Brits sentimentality.

It's not even remotely true, except that a battle happened, and Scott wrote a poem about it the next day. There was no cargo hold full of prisoners, no hundreds of ships (just 16), no piles of bodies, no woman and children killed (the only woman in the fort was the commander's wife), no ultimatum regarding the flag, and no one died holding up the flag. By the way, the Beesleys know that this video is inaccurate. Well over 50 people told them in their last reaction, and they acknowledged it in another video. And they still decided to react to it again anyway, because it's the best performing video on their channel.

@@willsofer3679 You are literally a Nazi supporter in here talking shit on every comment. We get it, you hate America. I'm sure you cheered the Ukraine nazis with Trudeau the other day.

Veterans who take offense at people kneeling are easily manipulated morons who don't have the intelligence to understand their hypocrisy or the reason what 99% claim they were fighting for.

This video isn't remotely accurate. Only four people died; three during the battle, and one after. The only woman on the base was the wife of the commander, and she lived. No one died holding up the flag, and there was no cargo hold full of prisoners for Key to relate the happenings of the battle to. The British made no ultimatum, and didn't even mention the flag. There were also only sixteen ships, not "hundreds". Virtually everything is fictional in this account, aside from the battle happening, and Scott writing a poem after.

@@willsofer3679 This battle was to determine if the British could invade through Baltimore. The entire purpose of battle is to engage the enemy and force him to capitulate. But somehow in your version the Brits were just there to lob some cannon balls around? Yes 4 died but 24 more were wounded. Also if Key was negotiating a prisoner exchange and there was no base for the British to hold prisoners on land then where are they in your version? In the immortal words of Sgt Hulka, Lighten up Francis.

@@chetstevensq They were on a ship, but it was docked in a cove far from the battle; they couldn't actually see the fort from where they were. And no, I won't "lighten up". I'm not sure why you're okay with outright falsehoods being peddled as history. You shouldn't be. We have actual eyewitness accounts of this, and the story in the video is almost completely made up, as I said. No one should be okay with historical revisionism, especially on this scale. This is one of the worst examples I've seen. Even the inane stuff is inaccurate; the narrator mixes up the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary War (several times), and gets the name of the fort wrong (Fort McHenry, not "Fort Henry").

So you're telling us you're an ignorant fool who hates freedom and believes in magical zombies?

This isn't history. This story is completely made up. The narrator even gets the name of the fort wrong, and mixes up the revolution with the War of 1812. But people holding up the flag, a cargo hold full of prisoners, multiple people dying? None of that happened.

It’s basically fiction, but what the heck. It won’t be the first time it’s happened!

Not just exaggerated, but completely false. The only accurate part is that there was a battle, and Scott wrote a poem. There was no ultimatum, no cargo hold full of prisoners, no hundreds of ships (just sixteen), and no piles of bodies, and none of them touched the flag (only four people died).

sounds like your dream come true, weirdo

Thanks for the info

A Christian montage. The fact is, the American Revolution was wrong.

There is a phrase, all gave some, but some gave all. Don't you think that those 4 lives meant something? Those 4 lives is why you can sit on here and complain about how good you have it.

Also Key was only negotiating the release of a single prisoner, it wasn't the entire British fleet dotting The horizon it was only 19 or 20 battleships and the fort was actually shelled off of barges because the ships couldn't get in a close enough, there is no historical record from either side of key ever having had a conversation with the admiral, the flagpole wasn't hit, there was no pile of bodies, the reason we don't let the flag touch the ground is because of ex slave, civil war hero and great American William Harvey Carney.

@@moorek1967 Any ultimate sacrifice is to be noted. Four is not a pile of dead bodies holding up the flag. This was not researched. It is inaccurate. Pity because the real story is still impressive but factual. I did NOT complain about how good I have it. I noted the inaccuracies about this Vlog-considerable since he starts by getting the war wrong. Enjoy the real story which is still moving, the one that really happened. Not the one here trying to fit someone's agenda, or just made up as he rambles along.

You had to go there smdh

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Really?

If your "current president" is re-elected, he's promising to suspend that Constitution. And concentrate power into the executive, overruling the judiciary on any decision he doesn't like. As well as threatening to "take care" of anyone he perceives as an opponent, should he win. He's literally said this. He wants to take over your constitutional republic.

Drumpf isNOT American in spirit…he is Russian..or more accurate he is a Putin-lover. There is NOTHING AMERICAN about Drumpf!!! And he will NEVER BE FAKE PREZ AGAIN!!!

How is this inaccurate?

Do you have a link you can drop?🤔

@@Timbothruster-fh3cw I can tell you point by point the errors in this video. First, it was fort McHenry not fort Henry. The revolutionary War had been over for 31 years, we weren't colonies anymore. Francis Scott Key wasn't there to free all the prisoners on a 1 to 1 basis. He went there to negotiate the release of a single man. An elderly rich doctor named Dr. William Beanes. Scott Key never went into the hold of the prisoner ship and never talked directly to any prisoners. The negotiations were aboard the H.M.S. Tonnant a ship of the line, not a prison ship. They were also aboard the H.M.S. Surprise which was only built 2 years before in 1812. It did not become a prison ship until 1822. Well after the battle of Baltimore and the war. Francis Scott Key was not aboard a British ship the night of the bombardment, they were on an American truce ship lashed to the British ships. The one prisoner they negotiated for release, Dr. William Beanes, had already been released and was with them aboard the American truce ship that night. The entire British war fleet was not there and it was not hundreds of warships. It was about 20 ships and they weren't all gunboats. Most were troop transports because they brought some 5,000 to 7,000 landing troops to land and march on Baltimore while a separate landing would assault and capture fort McHenry. There were no women or children there. The only woman who died was bringing the men food. Some say she was the wife of an officer. I'm not sure, I've never looked more into that claim. They would never have told Francis Scott Key their plans to level the fort. The British had no plans to level the fort. They wanted to capture it. The British sent out landings of soldiers to attack and capture it. There was more to the battle in the days before that night than just bombing the fort. The entire action took place over several days. The bombardment was only to cover the landing troops and soften the defenses. Not to level it. The British ultimately really wanted Baltimore and fort McHenry would have best been left intact so they could use it to defend Baltimore in the event they captured Baltimore. Francis Scott Key was aboard an American truce ship the night of the bombardment. He was not relaying and reporting what was happening to the prisoners aboard the British prison ships. He never went aboard the prison ships. George Washington did NOT say, "The thing that sets the American Christian apart from all other people in the world is that he'll die on his feet before he'll live on his knees." The earliest this quote has been found is from The Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, circulated by anti-Franco counter Fascists. The flagpole never received any direct hits never mind "repetitious" direct hits as the video claims. It was destroyed many years later by a lighting strike. The flag was not in shreds from battle. It was never hit. That night was bad weather so they had a smaller storm flag flying which would have been rain soaked and not able to fly enough to be hit and shredded. The large flag Francis Scott Key most likely saw was put up that morning and could not have been battle damaged as it was not flying during the bombardment. It was only damaged by souvenir hunters many years later which leaves us the "shredded" flag we see in the Smithsonian. The British guns were not aiming at the flag, they were most likely aiming at the cannons on the redoubts. There were no bodies holding the flagpole up, it never received any direct hits and nobody was running out and holding the flagpole up during the bombardment... it was 87 feet tall. The whole garrison couldn't have held it up if they wanted to. There was only light damage to the fort from the rockets, mortars and shelling. The worst damage, which caused most injuries and deaths, was when the fort's powder magazine was hit directly and exploded. Only 4 people died and 24 were wounded inside the fort the night of the bombardment. None were near the flagpole. NOTHING in that story is true. It is all a bunch of far right evangelical christian propaganda (lies) to promote christian American exceptionalism. The events happened just not anywhere near the way he describes.

As were mine. Both sides of my family fought in the American revolution and the War of 1812. All of my ancestors came here before the 1800’s.