Thank you Millie! I appreciate you and Beesley reacting to that as I'm sure you may know that today is Veterans Day over here and as a veteran myself (8 years active duty U.S.Air Force) I enjoyed seeing it!

@@scott5647 as a human being, I thank you for your service ❤️

@@millie0804 Thank you :)

I loved your emotional reaction to this. My ancestors didn’t arrive in America till the late 1800’s from England….so we are all connected ❤️

God save our gracious Queen. long live our noble Queen. God save the Queen. Send her victorious, happy and glorious. Long to reign over us. God save the Queen.

This!

DOL/RLTW HOOOOAHHHHHH

Amen!

And it was held up by the first army rangers,...... rogers rangers,,.. rangers were the only soldiers that wore green to blend in woods,.. 1812 also known as the french and indian war,, british joined the fight and burnt the first white house down,,.. the indians were with the british and some indians helped french with the Americans ,,.. we were helping the french and fighting our own war at the same time,,.. and fort Henry was a pivotal striking point,,,.. would give them access to the newyork finger lakes and water ways,,.. after all the shelling,.. we still took back the fort,,..

That quote is beautiful and true, I love that! who said it if I may ask?

Amen!!!❤

I like to phrase it "America is much better on paper, than we currently are. On paper, we're pretty awesome, but our people are getting pretty shitty."

Let’s go!

@@latentgamer5762 hmmm. It's not that our people are getting sh*tty.... It's that through political corruption - our elected leaders don't have the character of our forefathers. Remember when voting rights were tied to "selective service"? Well now we have politicians skewing immigration laws to get numbers in votes. Now we're so far down the "rabbit hole", I don't know how we'll ever get back....

@@cashscience there is a way back, I just hope we self correct before it happens

Yes bless you both 🙏

I cry during the song or when the flag passes in a parade, but this story is 80% fabricated, people deserve to know they were lied to by an overzealous preacher.

Were you there?​@@TheBensMeister

@@gingin294you believe what’s in the Bible? Were you there?

This is totally made up….what an imagination!!!

First of all, it's about the spirit of the people & how they feel about the flag, but also it is not 'totally made up'! Some of the facts are off, and he acknowledges that, but more along the lines of leaving out the US victory and the minimal loss of life at the fort - and the reason key remained on the ship. From wiki, "Around 1,500 to 1,800 bomb shells and over 700 rockets were fired at the fort but with minimal casualties and damage being done. Four men died and 24 were wounded in the fort. The ships were forced to fire from their maximum range (with minimal accuracy) to stay out of range of the fort's formidable cannon fire. Key was inspired by the U.S. victory and the sight of the large U.S. flag flying triumphantly above the fort. " Look it up for yourself.

Me too

I right there with you! As such, I try to be patient when I have to go for a doctor's appointment at the VA hospital...they don't make it easy.

You're right, sir.

Right in the feels man

Because the person who made the video made it all up. With a sprinkling of half truths. Key was there to negotiate only for his dr friend’s release not the troops. He was not on the British ship during the fighting. The flag was not held up by bodies. He was held on his own ship until fighting was over because he knew too much about their ship strength. He wrote a poem which was torn apart by someone else and set to a song from a hymn.

It's absolutely true too.

​@@davidpayton-pb8to It didn't work for the slaves-- slaveholders would rather kill them than let them be free...

It didn't work for the slaves-- as slaveholders would rather kill them than let them be free.

​@@gesica8680 The slaves were freed, weren't they? Must have worked.

@@gesica8680 What a bunch of Malarkey - you're yet another person who doesn't know history. Slaves, early on, were criminals, who were sold by their own people because their actions made them undesirable to the community. Later on, slaves were still sold by people of the same skin color, but they were sold by neighboring tribes, who would raid villages, capture people, keep their goods, and sell the captives to slavers. Now here is where it gets interesting. Many slaves did die on their feet, rather than live on their knees. Others endured slavery for a time, only to escape to freedom later on, or (in some cases) to earn their freedom. Early in American history, one young "black" (none of us are truly black or white, or yellow or red) man became a Christian, converted his master to Christianity, and bought both his and his brother's freedom. He later founded one of the earliest churches in post-Revolutionary war, pre-Civil war, America, and at least one of its members was a Founding Father, Benjamin Rush, if I correctly recall. Further, all of the Founding Fathers recognized that slavery was incompatible with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Washington not only freed his slaves, but directed that his estate be used to provide a starting point for their freed existence (similar to laws in the Bible directing a master to provide for a freed servant). He may also have been the Founding Father who wrote that it is not right to enslave men, but once you have slaves it is not right to free them UNTIL you can also provide, with their freedom, resources for them to ensure their own well-being and success (paraphrased, I don't remember the exact quote). One of the Founding Fathers not only freed his slaves on his deathbed, but held a local white doctor prisoner on the day he was dying, in order to ensure that no man could say that he changed his mind on his deathbed about freeing his slaves. Very few Americans, even in the South, owned slaves, and there were black Americans who owned slaves or held office prior to the Civil war.

Here in Pennsylvania where I am there is a radio station that plays this story at noon everyday

Can’t do that because you will seriously anger the democrats in government !!

You can’t do that because you will anger every Democrat I our government ! They are for themselves and any country that is our enemy !!

It should also be taught in our schools. I’m 81+ years old and remember starting the day off at school, but biding the pledge of allegiance. What a shame and disgrace that it’s no longer the case. Once again caving in to the demonic realm that is so prevalent throughout America…. God is watching and will judge accordingly.

@@luvjd30 The blessed flag, ole glory is the heartbeat of America.❤

Alone in my home late at night, I stood with hand on heart for it. It could never be not so.

Me too

@@Lordvestage1313 Agreed. Kind of sad that when the Anthem is playing only me and a few others in the stadium sing all the words and know the meaning.

I as well! I’m so blessed and proud to be an American!

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day America 🇺🇸 July 4, 2024 ...and to think we currently have political prisoners held in Washington DC and across our great nation. Free the J6 Political Hostages!!! USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

My father was born and spent the early part of his life in Cuba, and what you said brought tears to my eyes because my father was the same way. He came to the States (Miami) and after HS, he joined the US Army and moved through the ranks to 1st Lieutenant and served in Viet Nam and was wounded in combat. Amen to all that make America their home and I only wish every Natural born citizen understood what it takes to come here from their country. Thank you.

You're more of an American than a lot born here, welcome, this was always your home.

I grew up in El Salvador... but moved here when I was 17. Ten years later, with a degree and family, I kept referring to El Salvador as 'my country' but it was my American friends who said "this is your country" I never felt more welcome and proud to be an American. Americans are not racist as the current media constantly says. This is the greatest country in earth because everyone has the same freedoms, the same equalities, the same opportunities, the same love for this country. America: land of the free, home of the brave!!

@@ts5097 I’m sure some knuckleheads are Racist but to hell with them. Glad you’re here!

We appreciate you.

Amen 🙏🏻

Yes

This country was built on slavery, white power and killing native Americans..

The country was founded on Freedom of Religion not on being forced to follow Christian Nationalism! They fought for the ability to govern themselves and not be ruled by a KING!! Now MAGA and Project 2025 want to turn our president back into a king!!

@@TracyB-dn7jy you didn't hear it because this guy made it up based on an outline of facts: Francis Scot Key, Star Spangled Banner, War, Fort, Flag, Boat, Bombs. The rest was this guy's imagination. Literally nothing else was correct. But fiction can be inspiring, I think the story of Lord of the Rings is inspiring.

I think the main point is important and that is they did not surrender and the flag remained.🇺🇸

@@rhondafarrow6235 I'm not going to look past a haystack of bull to find a needle of a main point. Yes, the flag was still there, and thank goodness it was. The pile of bodies, the huge fleet of ships, the men below deck all were NOT there. It's dishonest.

THAT is INCREDIBLE in this day and age!! thank you for sharing that marvelous story!!!

That would have choked me up ...bloody marvelous!!!😂🎉🎉

That is really great to hear.🇺🇸

There is only one modern ex president who doesn’t know any of the words to it.

Today Americans stand by as they closed churches and took away freedom but the story sounds good.

I agree that for better or worse most Americans have it in us. I believe it is part of what is causing the great divide between people nowadays. It leads us not to want to compromise with each side seemingly becoming more radical over time for quite awhile now.

What is truly wonderful is that from that time forward the British and Americans have stood together, brothers and sisters together, shoulder to shoulder against many a conflict in the world. Thank you for honoring our national anthem, flag and spirit.

Agreed! ❤

Me too....

Just look at how immigrants feel about America and the flag to tell you what’s real. For all its issues, there isn’t a better, cooler, country. Maybe better, but not cooler as well 😎🙌🤣

Nerd

Agreed. Too many of us don't see just how good we have it here. And because of that we've forgotten the price that's been paid to keep our freedoms which is dangerous territory. Are we perfect? No, but we continually try to become better.

America is also proud to be the nation that ended slavery. Slavery is common in human history and still exist in some parts of the world. The land of the free ended slavery and set the slaves free.

I hope so, but the treacherous left is kissing the enemy with delight. You can see them in campuses, the streets, the WH.

I didn’t see this until evening news shows started to air, but on the afternoon of September 11, 2001, we did exactly that. We weren’t fighting against an enemy, but so many of us were lined up outside of blood donation centers, patiently waiting to do what we could. Friends were made in those lines, as people of Oklahoma City (my residence then), who had never known one another accepted one another, though of differing outward colors and hues, because we shared our blood color, and a common county. Being unable to move our blood to those injured, we fully expected the blood collectors to find where it was needed and transport it to the right place. None of us were hyphenated-Americans that day. We were family.

Amen sister 🙏

Amen! To the last man, woman, and child…

That Flag means every freedom we enjoy. DON'T EVER GIVE UP. IF,YOU HAVE TIME READ WHAT THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION GAVE UP BECAUSE THEY SIGHED.THEY HAD TARGETS ON THEIR AND THEIRS FAMILIES BACKS

Yep! My right hand was over my heart as if played.

Please protect that America, the ideal of what it stand for by voting this year ❤ don't ever allow this ideal to be mistreated or corrupted by money of fake wannabe-billionaires.

Same, most beautiful song ever written

Same here. Because of all the brave men and women, we are free. GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸 🙏 ❤️

Me to! My feels overflow out of my eyes to 🥹

Thank for your service! 🇺🇸

Amen! God bless you Swat3Four! 💌

Thank you for that part of your life that you so willingly gave to all of us by choosing to serve our nation. Forever love and gratitude...

God bless you Marine! Thank you for standing on that line for me!

Same, Sir. Thank you for your service.

Great story! I have never heard that before. I would guess that it is slightly embellished but that the principle of it with the rain putting out the fire could be totally true. Praying that God will save us from the people that are trying to tear apart our country now.🙏🗽🇺🇸

I can not hear The Star Spangled Banner without tears flowing freely. God has truly blessed America. Unfortunately under the present administration we are in danger of losing it all. Brave Americans - stand up and defend her or lose her. God grant us the courage to keep our freedom! "Land of the free, home of the brave"!

we're best friends. that's always impressed me.

@@mrinvaderlol right they wanted to completely destroy us and we forgave them while other countries didn’t have it as bad as us and we still love our mother country

yeah they rule

Yeah we were allies of the Brits in WWI and WWII and we transported thousands of tons of supplies so the British population wouldn't starve during the U-boat blockades.

@Oscar-ws3mf yup, families fight but still support each other.

Old glory have covered the coffins of at least 20 of my family members, with 12 more to also be covered by old glory when they pass. It is more than a flag. It represents the last full measure many paid in war, and for some, it is all we have left of our family members. Im beyond proud of my beloved Old Glory, and will gladly lay down my life to save it

The beauty of freedom is that we can disrespect the flag...when you see someone burning the flag one should never feel anger but pride that freedom allows it.

@@danglinghenry8108 it all depends on how it is burned and treated. You are right people can disrespect the flag but at the same time its still wrong. There are proper ways to burn the flag

@@danglinghenry8108 It is better to remain silent and let people think you are dumb, than to speak (or post) and prove that you are stupid.

@@theresaalexander4142 they are right. Though it may piss off others, they wont be arrested or executed for burning the flag like they would be in other countries. Granted you burn my beloved flag in a disrespectful manor, ill gladly go to jail for kicking their ass. But the fact is that we are still free to burn the flag without fear of death or imprisonment by the government

Thank you for your service !

Wow ~ what an amazing testimony! God bless you bluskytoo!

Thank you for your service Sir.

I have no words to tell of my gratitude for your faithful service to our great nation. Thank you for sharing this, and may GOD continue to bless you is my prayer.

Amen🙏 God Bless you and that little girl and your comrades...Thank all of you for your service, your honor to our country, our flag, our freedom. My older brother did 3 tours in Vietnam. My father was from Toronto Canada. He joined the U.S. Navy and fought during WWII. I'm proud to be an American. I have the utmost respect for the brave women and men that serve for the protection of our country🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍

Thank you for your service!

well said brother

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It's heartwarming to know other Americans feel this way !

In 1812 English Navy was the largest in the WORLD!!!!!! Do they not teach history in school anymore???

Sounds like you make a great citizen, thanks for being here. You're the kind of person we want here.

Very well said. My thoughts exactly! God Bless!💖🙏💖

I agree 100 percent it just plain sickens me the amount of disrespect that people have for our flag and country ,but sadly the men and women that sacrificed and died to protect that flag so that we have the freedoms that we have allows them the right to disrespect it as sad as it is

We are not the America I remember. Wealth and greed has driven us to our knees and is tearing us apart, just as the greed wishes.

So true! Tremendous respect. ❤️

A million times this!

poppycock. a few, very few. Shape up, we just survived a coup attempt by some crazies, and they will be back unless their leaders are caught or they flee to Russia. 18 US Code 15-12, and the 14th amendment, section 3 provides for the humane punishment of insurrectionists. General Washington wanted to hang them but unfortunately he did not get his way.

@@davidsnedeker8098 The true insurrectionists are in the Whitehouse and you know it. Ask yourself why the Democrats in Congress had the law for that code of treason changed on how to punish those guilty from public hanging to imprisonment instead. They know they were committing treason and were going to commit some more.

@@kaede1960 thank you. He's a troll. If there is a better place to live then why is he or they still here? Maybe it's the oh so generous welfare system. Nevermind those who burned businesses down as well as police stations and federal buildings, all the looting, the destruction and the murders of black people by those screaming black lives matter. Those were all dubbed heroes by the true insurrectionists aka politicians. Those are the same people, white politicians, who pocketed every black lives matter dime. None of that went to any BLM cause. The cause was division of the people, ALL PEOPLE, to confuse them so they couldn't organize to remove the filthy politicians. This is not the Divided States of America, as they so tried. This is the United States of America. If people don't like it they can stop accepting the welfare handouts and go live elsewhere.

@@ginaberrie2608 I suspect many actually work for the CCP. Much of what's been going on all over the world is a war being played out against western civilization. All of this stuff has been planned and some of these planners are our own people.

@@ginaberrie2608 I am on SSI due to having a genetic disorder. I didn’t ask to have a genetic disorder. It’s just something that I was born with. I have several chronic illnesses due to my genetic disorder. I know that I am sick. I do the best I can every day. Not everyone on SSI or welfare are bad people.

We U.S. citizens are so smug. To think that we made ALL this possible. No. We are not DIVINE enough to orchestrate such a miraculous Nation. We are its stewards... not its Creator's. We are not a humble people....we are smug and mostly stupid in our own good fortune. Man! Is God ever patient with His u. s. a. Gregg Oreo long beach ca

Americans are made from every culture from all quadrants of our world, making up our glorious quilt of citizenry, bringing together all their unique gifts and talents in to play.

​@@greggoreo6738 - Speaking as a United States combat veteran I can assure you Gregg that IF there is a god (and that is a BIG IF), god had nothing to do with it. These States United were conceived by very intelligent and courageous men and brought into actual existence by the sacrifice of the sweat, fortune, blood and countless lives of very MORTAL MEN and WOMEN since its founding. It is in NO WAY "smug" for us to be proud of our accomplishments that these two very nice British brothers/sisters of ours have honored us by highlighting. I salute them and their great nation of Britain, our Mother Land, in return. I see Gregg you are from Cali. so I am certain that YOU are "smug and mostly stupid".

@@kevintuer1821 O. My. Maybe your assumption is true about me being stupidly smug and smugly stupid. I too am a Vet. Fate may have seen us serve together. However, good Sir, this nation itself has become less humble and less intelligent than when my umigrant grandparents arrived here 100+ years ago. But. We can both be a part or the solution or the problem. I Salute U as part of the solution. Carry on, good soul. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca

Immigrants. Not umigrant. (Umigrant= a new word).

SEMPER FI MARINE!!! I will see you in Valhalla brother

The people not the government. Respect

Once a Marine, always a Marine. Semper Fi!

Hoorah

@@patrickharris211 im twenty, ive been to jail, i have one felony. I want in, because soon i will have to stand against The Powers that Be. Can you tell me how ?

Welcome!

Welcome. God Bless you and God Bless America

Thank you for becoming a citizen and understanding

Welcome to America, your home

My Sister!

The Queen was a special Lady and a tremendous leader for sure. During her reign, she made the world a better place, and September 8, 2022, was a sad day for the world.

I saw that. Think that was last time I heard it.

I lose it every time.

And do you remember that England ended the annual Proms celebration with a lovely presentation of a very sad song out of respect for the lives that were lost.

Amen

Freedom has a price.!! A big one doesn’t it??!!

@@yvonnegrassi9219 Amen!

@@billd.4701 I was a nurse during Vietnam. I saw more than I ever cared to see. People have no idea what our vets went thru and some are still going thru. My brother died in Vietnam fighting for our nation. My grandpa in WW2. So I sure know what it’s like. My husband was a physician in Vietnam for 4 years. We saw the action. Have a blessed evening.

@@yvonnegrassi9219 Thank you for your sacrifice and service. I now wear the invisible uniform as with every veteran. It is so sad what is happening to our country and the world. Evil seems to be manifested in every fabric of life. God help us all !

@@billd.4701 Good morning Bill, just got your message. Thank you for your service. Where did you serve?? And what do you think about the truckers?? Are you from Canada or the US??

Thank you for your service! I feel the same way

Thank you for serving our country! I kind of don't like saying "for" serving because once a Vet always a Vet. I know you'll "always" uphold our American values 🙂 and always be serving in other ways. I hope all children in the USA will continue to be taught to write and read cursive in elementary school. Our Declaration of Independence was written in english Cursive. They have stopped teaching this in some classrooms. So now children can't read the Document and therefore don't know our ideals, laws, and freedoms that were written in it.

Thank you, sir, for your service!! ❤

Absolutely brother. I will hold that flag up off the ground with my last dying breathe!

TC38Cole thank you for your service

Well said!

Over half of the people here have no clue to it's meaning or even the words. Seeing the reaction of people from other countries just blows my mind. I think that right now during this pandemic, with all the restrictions and mandates, everyone can relate to this idea...FIGHT OR DIE FOR YOUR FREEDOM because it will come at a price. Thank you for the video and I AM proud to be an American.

Amen Rod, this is most certainly true.

AMEN!

So sad that many Americans are being deceived to hate their country because of its flaws when they are imperfect individuals themselves.

Thank you for your service!

Both my mom & dad were Marines. My parent’s flags are placed w my husband’s grandfather’s flag. He fought in the trenches in WWI. Dad was in Korea then later in Vietnam until he came back stateside to train new recruits & teach until he retired. Afterward, he went into the police academy. Even as an old man, he didn’t know how ‘not to serve.’ He became a volunteer firefighter as an old man. Despite placement of multiple stents, he worked his back into the firehouse. (his firehouse colleagues found him collapsed on the side of the road with his five dogs more than halfway through his daily 5-mile daily walk) It wasn’t until he was diagnosed w glaucoma that he couldn’t return. Dad passed away a few years later. I know men/women in other military branches are strong people, but it seems that Marines are built just a bit stronger. Although, I’m sure that I’m more than a bit biased. Mom was just as hardcore as Dad. ☺️

Oorah!

thank you so much for your service .. -- it breaks my heart to see what has happened to our country and it so hurts that so many have died for the freedoms that the majority don't seem to care enough about to do something about the state that we are in today. - We have allowed them to teach our children lies, and so many only think of themselves, .... their own comfort is all that seems to matter.......

God bless those that have fallen and we are so thankful for your service to our country! Thank you!

I am a Grandma and I would be on the front line if needed to give my Grandbabies the same freedoms we had when we were growing up. Too bad Americans werent paying attention and let the enemies slither their way into our government! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲❤🦅🦅🦅❤🦅

Agreed. As lame as it is, I still go to POA and everything when it plays at games. It's my little way of remembering my service, my time in Afghanistan, all the awesome people I met and places I went, and slowing my respect to the country for everything it stands for and all that it has done for me. I can genuinely say everything I have today can be directly or indirectly tied to my time in the Marine Corps. Even my wife and kids wouldn't be here without it. And for all the same reason, I get just as embarrassingly patriotic when the Marine Corps Hymn plays as well. Too many guys get out and dwell on the negatives too much. All they remember is the bad times, and sometimes they need a reminder of what they've earned.

Respect.. Semper fi

@@susanvanleuven7612 True, but depends on who you mean when you say enemies 😆

there are many civies that got ur back. i am one.

You ever notice that those traitors that throw our flag on the ground, step on and, in some cases, worse than that and burn it, you never see behavior like that in a small town. Just like that country song that had the crazy liberals panties in a bunch, "Try That In A Small Town". Only in big city, liberal landscapes, can they get away with that without getting themselves hurt. "Small Town America" WILL NOT tolerate it. I love this great nation. Big THANK YOU to all current, former and fallen military/patriots. 👍🇺🇸

A very spectacular man I had the pleasure of knowing was Robert Baumgartner WWII vet,he passed away 6 mo ago ,he was at Normandy a Navy man.....even at his age he was tormented with the memories...sometimes he would share details,sometimes we just sat in silence.....Lord blessed me when he brought Bob into my life

My dad was a chief petty officer in the Navy stationed in the Pacific as well. He got to ride on the deck of USS Missouri that day. Bravest generation ever!

Elizabeth it is great to hear the story of your courageous father and his service to our country. My grandfather is a WW2 vet as well , he is 101 and he was in a tank battalion while in Germany. The tank he was in broke down while under fire , he said that the inside would glow cherry red when it was hit , his fellow soldiers were repairing the tank and he got out and single handedly held off German troops. He rightfully received an award for courage. He is an amazingly strong person in body and in his mind even in his older years he is still very active and healthy. He is truly a treasure to us and for sure a part of of the greatest generation. Blessing and great thanks to all who served and are currently serving. God bless!

@@HupernikaoRom837 Mr. Baumgartner sounds a lot like my father, but he would never talk of his experiences. He was also in the Navy but was at Iwo Jima.

Thank you to him for his service!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Ye bro people judge us just because we’re American idk why. Why people so nationalism

It's interesting that so many countries still hold grudges against one another for what they did to each other in their history. But we never really hold the American revolution against the British and vice versa. I mean sure we still poke fun at one another like how siblings do and actually sure I do see instagram post from people from the UK posting "Happy Treason day" on the 4th of July. But that's as a joke. I'm quite good friends with those who do post things like that.

@@FryedCat0 Well it's because we're kind of so isolated form the rest of the world that we are seen as ignorant, and to be honest it's true. My own mother didn't know that half of Europe existed. Some of my friends are just terrible with their history and mistake the French flag with the Dutch flag. They wouldn't really be able to locate where the Czech Republic is. And from personal observation it's no joke that Americans think Scottish and Irish are the same. It's only to those who aren't though.

AMEN! IT WAS A GOVT. AND ITS LEADERS! NOT THE PEOPLE! SAME HERE!!

exactly!

Very true. And welcome!!

It's not about the cloth it's about the people that gave all for that cloth

Exactly

Exactly

thank you for your service my man

You're a brave man, I'll pray that you never have to actually give your life for this country I love so much, thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service!

Thank you for your service

Thank you for your service

It's not just about OUR FLAG, it's about our country and the prices paid to keep it free!! RED, WHITE, AND BLUE!!

@@suzanneadams7321 You will not get an argument from me dear, Suzanne!! 100% agree!!

I wish the young people here in the US would stop more often and remember the history of this amazing country. God Bless the USA❤️🇺🇸

@@kacyeleightly8838 i can say that I've held the video they referenced in high regard since i discovered it and shared it with my friends. By the way I'm only 27 hope that restores some faith in the American young.

@@shadowking224 thanks Nathan, that’s great. Keep sharing the video it’s a good one.

There is no other choice.

there are many more of us than there are of them. freedom is never been free not then and not now .we the people are waiting and watching .the american patriots have never been more ready to fight and die fort the freedom of our children and their children to come .it is time to once again defend this land of the free and home of the brave patriots who will never let anything take that from us.they will soon realize this

@@lanajacknichols8397 Who the hell are "they" and "them", exactly?

Don't blame your country for it. Be proud of your country. You don't have to be proud of the bad time's, but be proud of the fact that your country has been on the side of good for a long time. Without your country, just as without the United States, our world would be a much worse place for all. There is still a lot of work to be done, and it's up to you youngsters to do it.

@@leebrock4783 well if you really can't figure that out for yourself ... smh

Incredibly said

The quote is actually from Euripides, not Washington. There is no record of Washington ever saying this, however Zapata said it during Mexican independence fight.

@@honolulublues5548 Much of this story is basically fiction. The narrator in this video is a pastor hence the religious propaganda. In typical conservative fashion, they can't even get basic facts correct like the name of the fort, and it's not clear that who ever is telling this story understands the difference between the war of 1812 and the war for independence which occurred 35 years earlier. At the very least the narrator has probably never read the Treaty of Paris of 1783 otherwise he wouldn't have embellished the story in the way he did. A lot of quotes Americans lean on were never said, at least not by the person to which said quote was attributed.

@@jdanon203 I completely agree. I'm one of the few people I know that really read up on "the forgotten war". I only did because our history books in school either didn't cover it or only made mention of it. So many think the British wanted to conquer the US again and hold them subjugated like this preacher seems to think. It was more about recognition and sovereignty. Many believe Britain started the war and although they had a hand in the cause, it was started by the US - or at least their part in what was really a world war. You are correct about the treaty of Paris. That document almost makes it like a war that never happened. Nothing was really gained by the war (land, riches, etc) except for maybe a little respect to show the US was willing to go to war over it's sovereignty.

I too am a veteran of the Cold War era. Well said.

More specifivally and to be clear,......You don't let it touch the ground.❤

Well I guess you can just go to the grave bitter 😂

It would be a much better story if not wrapped up in the BS christian nationalism that is tearing our country apart. It is not patriotism and is against the very core of REAL American Values.

@@benhatcher2603 The Bullshit ,Is what you leftists spew.

@@johnjohn2570 Communist.

​@@nuttybar9 I'm a centrist and a constitutional patriot. The Constitution of the United States doesn't mention a god once. I'm not surprised that you disagree and called the other person a Communist because the push for Christian Nationalism was a reaction to anti-Communism starting in the Eisenhower administration. By the time McCarthy was doing his witch hunts claiming to be a "christian" whatever that means was almost a requirement for public office. That's despite the fact that Article VI Clause 3 of the actual US Constitution (but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.) The First Amendment's Freedom for State Sponsored Religion was demanded from the Virginia Baptists who didn't want to be made legally required to follow Pennsylvania Quaker or Massachusetts Puritan religious laws. Every sect of christian seems to think that they're "basically mainstream" so none of the things that they'd specifically want are really that much of an imposition on other "real Christians" but that isn't the truth now any more than it was then.

Beautiful

Just remember not all of us have forgotten and those of us who haven't never will

I admit I've lost some of my deep love for my flag and country in the past few years. Reading these comments tonight, and watching this video, I can tell I still have it. I'm glad I found my way here. The Flag is still here. ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸

I am honoured to be part of the Military Family. It's the best family.

So beautifully said! Thank you so much for contributing ❤ !

Sad the US government communist party wants to destroy the US and take away our freedom and liberty.

"You have it backwards! It's better to LIVE on your feet than to DIE on your knees."

Said by a slave owner, no hypocrisy?

Sadly, people have proven it's the reverse.

@@jeremiahdavis360 good one.

We need your prayers and agreement for a country that was really to be an example of how the rest of the world should try to put into action in their own countries. It would be lovely to have the world like the U S but right now we can all see the distress of nations. As an American, I get excited to see the protests around the world and think, I need to join them. Let us all join together for our children and for tomorrow. I think the world is waking up!

We love you back. Truly ❤️

@@giveittomikey17 All this love and positivity and you had to try to make it negative. That’s so sad. We have a great country, stop trying to tear it down to try to make you look superior.

Thank you, God bless you

I hear February is going to be pretty interesting. :)

I saw the same thing a few weeks back..I'm a 58 yr male born and raised in Los Angeles..first time in a while I was brought to tears by a video..they should to a reaction video to that

I saw that too... makes me cry every single time!

I love my Cousins across the Pond .. 🇺🇸🇬🇧❤💯

Whitney Huston sang this at the Superbowl 1991 I believe, you must watch it, Best version I've ever heard, 🇺🇸🇬🇧

isn't it done to the same tune as "God Save the Queen"? so maybe they were singing the words to that lol or maybe they did know the words. just wondering if you paid attention to what they were actually saying.

You Brits have always been first to our side whenever we have been threatened. I love you all, and I love your loyalty to America who will stand by you forever. We may be slow to wake, but our wrath has no proportionality. If some mad midget from Moscow comes after you, may God Almighty have mercy on them, for we surely will not. God Bless Great Britain Our Friends Forever.

❤❤❤

These young Brits are more proud of Americans than many Americans are. Communists have replaced the Brits and we find ourselves at war once again. America, Bless God.

Thank you! 🎉

​@@thomasbates2835they are with us now in this fight with the houthis

I also tear up and nipples get hard as the hair all over tingles. But embarrassing to say. I see a large flag and a sensation comes over me every time

Sorry for your loss. God bless you.

I'm 21 years old and I love this country with all my heart, and it breaks me to see what she is doing to herself. I'm one man out of many who want freedom for everyone, but freedom is something that men must dream of in their hearts. What I mean is that freedom dies as soon as you think you have achieved it.

Eh I’d rather go back to Africa

America isn't that great. So many people are still oppressed and most equality is only an illusion. America is treated as a business and not for the people by the people. The government cares more about money than they do the people they govern. And compared to other countries America has more shootings and more sexual assaults than most countries. In canada, a woman getting assaulted for telling a man she's not interested is practically unheard of. America was never great. But, hopefully in the future that will change.

@@PrincessNiq BYE .. Don't let the flag hit you on the way out!

Truly loving your country means recognizing its flaws and trying to make it better. Not blindly acting like it's perfect.

THANK YOU!

and god help the obesity problem

@eu do you may not be an American in person here but you can be an American in spirit ❤ from the states and best wishes for a happy new year 🎊

If this part of history doesn't move you and fill you with faith in the human spirit that lives in all of us, you don't have a pulse.

Same here and I get goosebumps every time also ❤🇺🇸♥️

Me to every time 🇺🇸❤

@@justmepraying Can't agree more!

Me too. I cry like a baby every time I hear or sing the song.

@@jennyberner1078 I pray that parents will start to teach their kids about how much freedom really means and at what cost 🙏

Every time. Tear up and goosebumps.

Well stated!

As a British person, who is now a US Citizen, the National Anthem of the US is SO much better than the British one and the words really paint a picture. The UK really need to change theirs to something more patriotic. I like 'I Vow to Thee My Country'.

That's called being an Anglophile 😉

Thank you for your service.

@@mystirae7027 Thank you 😉

That's because the youth are being taught Marxism.

It breaks me heart everytime someone kneels in protest when they should be using the power they have to show the youth of this nation to respect the flag and the men and women who fought for it. It also breaks my heart when they turn their backs to the flag in protest. They aren't teaching the younger generation love by doing that, they are teaching them how to hate a country that has given them every possible thing they could ever need to succeed. I don't understand why they can't see that.

YOU MAY SOON GET FIRST HAND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE STILL MANY MORE OF US IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WILL AGAIN FIGHT HOWEVER WE NEED TO , TO MAKE SURE OUR FLAG KEEPS FLYING " " UNDER GOD'S " LOVE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE .

I so pray you are right ❣️🇺🇲🙏🏻

Thank you my fellow American! We truly come from all walks of life in our quest for equal freedoms and justice for all in the USA! United we can stand/kneel in respect for our flag, and every life that has and will protect it.

God Bless you, you are truly Americans! Too bad the rest don't feel like you. Some day if this country keeps going the way it is these traitors of all ages are going to be crying louder than the rest of us that tried to warn them.

Much respect.

Cuban American here. What ever little thing we can do to express appreciation and education for our Flag and Country - to educate those who our schools have not educated properly is important. So many people say they 'hope and wish' that America will come back but that won't work. We have to be vocal and show Patriotism and educate in any way we can. I don't want to die knowing America has been taken over by radicals who are making headway to tear it down.

Yes. I was about 18 the first time I heard the last verse. One of the most moving things I'd heard, before or in the decades since.

That’s my favorite verse!

What about the third verse? The one about hunting and killing slaves? Or is that still going to be ignored like half this country's history?

I NEVER knew there were more verses!!! 😢😢

​@@kcbabThe 'slaves' were Americans forced to man British warships against their brothers, who chose to live on their knees rather than die on their feet. This was understood until this generation when some academic decided he could get more grant money by making folks hate each other.

I've said George Washington's quote to people more in the past 2 years than I have my entire life. I feel we will be defending our flag once again soon. As long as the devil rules the world there will be attacks on Christian nations.

Candy, my grandfather, my uncle, my cousin, my father and my brother served in the military, and I was literally raised on that quote. I was born on a military base and raised in the ARMY. I've always had a flag on my front porch, and so do most of my neighbors. Some have 12 foot flag poles with lights. It's a blessing to live in Texas! God bless you!

Washington NEVER said that. Ever. His own library and estate calls it a "spurious" quote, made up long after he was dead (like many of the other "famous" quotes from our first president). If you want to use those words, go ahead. Just don't pretend that they're Washington's, or any other founding father's.

@@ericblair6046 Yes your right. Just presidents told it to the ppl once tyrants started there squeeze for more government and less freedom. I'm quite sure many used it during the last 246 years. I like the way Roosevelt stated it in his speech.

Yep well said Die Standing on your Feet.