I totally agree! Today's young people don't have a clue. Every generation has to be taught this, sometimes the hard way.

@@glendahoward8259quick my

Sure they do. They are just frustrated by the untapped potential and the main thing getting the way is all the corruption.

History is not taught in schools...They know nothing of the most important challenges America has overcome...So sad...

As far as we’ve gone down hill, we are still the GREATEST country on the planet.

😭😭😭I Love my Country❤️

I am a female Army Veteran and yes I cried.

I cry every time. The first time I heard the original was just after 9/11. Unfortunately, I was in the DC area on that day. In the days after there was a silent march on Washington of which I was a part. #neverforget

This country is so divided and is collapsing before my eyes. but the dumbed down sheep are blind and brainwashed and believe their shit don't stink...We will see how good life gets when you let in another 50 million immigrant outcasts and then when China and Russia come a knocking with their great many new found BRIC NATION MEMEBERS...AMERICA IS SCREWED AND HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER FROM WITHIN. WE LIVED BY THE SWORD AND JUST GOT OUR TAILS WHIPPED BY THE TALIBAN..SO KEEP PRETENDING WE ARE FREE AND ARE THE WORLD FEARS THIS DIVIDED SISSY GENDER BENDER FREAK SHOW.

I cried as well. Lets pray God does bless us again.

Same here!

Can bring tears

to be an AMERICAN IS A STATE OF MIND AND HEART. BY BEING BORN IN AMERICA, DOES NOT MEAN YOU LOVE AMERICA. KILLERY CLINTOOOON, PIGLOSY AND CROOKED BIDEN , AND ALL THOSE COMMIE DEMONCRAPS WERE ALSO BORN IN AMERICA.

Same ❤gorgeous heartfelt song for freedoms

And our troops❤have their lives 😢😢😢 never forget

Gave their all for our freedoms

I avoid the song as much as possible, it takes a toll on my ego. It strips me of everything and returns me to a place where God, family and country are the shared values of a people.

same i am good through the first verse but the second one gets me.

Me too❤

In the old days our military wouldn't break down crying over a f cking song. That's how you know this country has gone woke.

Ty for you service ❤

I think you’ll be surprised there are many more people who are proud of America than there are who aren’t. I feel proud to live in a country and state where ALL people can live their lives as they see fit.

YES, we do!!!

@@christy31180 I am proud, because we have an amazing president!

​@@gailruge2564 Not right now we don't!

That is so awesome!

This song was played at the swearing in ceremony when a huge group (200 people) of us became citizens of the USA in 2007.

You're correct, but I don't think it was the '80's. He sang it during one of the Bush administrations. I think it was the first Bush, and the short war we got into. Gosh, was that the '80's??

Im so lucky to have his autograph!

It was done following his tour after 9-11

@@daviddepoe7942 Thank you!! That was my first thought, but I second guessed myself.

Amen!!!!

It was also played at mine in 2002 as well

Mine as well in '95

This is a newer version though. Pfft

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld I'm pretty sure all of us know this considering we heard the original first.

After the the attack on the USA in 9/11 this song was at many of the events 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸

This song plays for each Trump Rally... and i love it. True Patriot, Lee Greenwood is awesomeness!!

Absolutely yes!!!

I met Lee Greenwood back when I was 19 years old. I've been a huge fan of his since 1985.

Wow I bet that sent shivers throughout your body hearing that song with military jets flying over you 😊! A strong feeling of security is what I always feel when this song is played 😊👍. I live about 30 miles from the largest military base in our country. Fort Hood Texas. Just seeing those APACHE HELICOPTERS in the air gives me a sense of security.

😆 🤣 😂 lmmfao!!!! Cry for what?

And to see traitor Brandon and his crowd trying to destroy all the flag stands for, that makes me cry for a different reason.

@@valeriemora5299 Valerie: you need to support the LGBTQ - Let's Get Biden To Quit!

@@rickraber1249 🤣

It blew me away the first time I heard this. Great song always

Stupid Brits, we became a country BECAUSE OF THE KING! THEY NEED to learn their history and who has their back!

I watched fountains water show to this song in front of the Bellagio in Vegas. It was amazing. I watched in repeatedly I couldn’t get over how beautiful it was

Thank him for his service. And Godbless America. 🇺🇸

@@DianneFurey-fh6ju thank you for your kind words

I was a combat medic in Vietnam, and I salute your husband's service.

He did not join the military, so I consider him a fake patriot.

Amen!!!

Fr💀

😂😂 “The old guy”

Me too... Once the DS is cleaned out this world will be beautiful. ❤

THANK YOU for your service. My husband served 4 years in the Marine Corps.

Thank you for your service

im not un fort but i am a son on a VN vet but that dont matter my heart still swells listening to it

@@LindaLewis-uy1dk semper fi =)

I’m crying because what’s going on in our country right now 😢 scary!!! Thank you for your service sir ❤❤❤❤

Amen veteran brother!

I hope I get to see something like that someday.

I'm jealous! Wife of a Navy guy for 56 years and his last term on swift boats! He has been so messed up since!

Me too!❤

Yes, it always makes me tear up, but I always feel so proud

Hearing this song just deepens my pride in this country and the honor of being an Army veteran.

Thank you for your family service.

As the mother of four sons, the youngest serving in the army, thank you, mom. Thank you.

@shelteredsparrow2736 Thank you for raising 4 amazing, strong people who keep/kept us safe.

God bless you and your family for your service.

God bless the USA!! My heart is moved every time I hear this song. As a proud American, I’m thankful for this country! For the men and women who fought for the ideals of this great nation!

I remember that game, I actually teared up watching that performance.

Lmao he ain't no legend

Thank you for mentioning the epic flyover! It gets lost in the end, and rarely acknowledged.

This song always makes me cry!

It was released in 1984. Long before the Gulf War but has always been a patriotic song. I remember hearing it at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Yup they should start back reacting to Acapella. Home Free, Pentatonix, Voice play etc.

Airmen, not Soldiers. There's a difference

The places you saw Minneapolis and Nashville is where they are. Home free is in Minneapolis since Adam is from there, and Nashville is where Lee is.

Beautiful ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

I agreed it is a beautiful song and as a veteran an American Patriot it brings tears to my eyes hearing it but if you know the backstory Star Spangled Banner there's no way anyone can replace that as the national anthem just a short version of it Francis Scott Key was a lawyer in Baltimore and he met with the commanding officer at Fort Henry during the Revolutionary War the English had their Ships coming in the water full of American prisoners at the American had English prisoners he went out in the small boat to the English bolts to work a deal with the English to swap prisoners they came to a thing and said they would switch on 1 for 1 he went down to where the prisoners were being held under deck to tell them what happened he went back up and talk to the Admiral on the boat the Admiral told him it did really matter because the war would be over shortly I told him to look out on a ride we did he seen hundreds of Warships I told him that work complete English War fleet as if the war would be over by morning because they were coming to bombard that fort and said that all they had to do was lower their American flag and show that they surrendered at the whole thing would be called off there would be no attack and they refused he went back down to tell the prisoners what was going on and prisoners began to pray when the rest of the ship's got there attack started and continued all night long it was said that you could hear nothing except except the bombs bursting Francis Scott Key get the men continue to pray and the flag still stood but at a strange angle the Admiral said they could not figure out how that flag did not fall after Direct Hit to it many times through the night Francis Scott Key went back to the fort and see what had held at flag up that's when he wrote The Star-Spangled Banner what held that flag up at the angle that it was was American Patriot all through the night it kept getting hit and they held it as a Patriot was killed his body was removed in someone else replaced them all the words to it is what Francis Scott Key seen that night many patriots died that night make sure that flag did not hit the ground and come down that is the true story check it out and in WWII approximately 50000 Americans died on the beaches of Normandy to defend that flag so there is no way in hell that song could ever be replaced as our American Anthem God Bless America and God bless the American Patriot🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅

I forgot and did not put in there it wasn't only the men that work was full of women and children but they didn't seem to care because they loved America that much

Agreed100 ❤❤❤❤

@@larrytews2349facts n I’ve watched it several times n cried! Noe we have traitors in positions of power who clearly have been tearing down our country culture and freedoms and economy

@@larrytews2349 I agree. When people first started talking about this becoming our anthem, I thought about it, but my family has been in America since before it became America so somehow the thought of replacing our anthem didn't sit right with me.

SAME! I'll die for her today if needs be.

that was done by Adam Rupp the beatboxer of Home Free

I cry with pride for you, and I’m an Aussie!

May it continue to be so going forward as well!

*Air Force

There is an extended version that goes into detail of how this arrangement was executed. Search for "Home Free - Making of "God Bless The U.S.A." feat. Lee Greenwood and the U.S. Air Force Band". The logistics was a feat in itself. Like Mike said, It is nice to see the pleasure Lee still gets from this song.

@@Brirend Sorry, I stand corrected....ohhhh don't tell my step son......I will correct it.

@@wirelessmikedj7784 No worries, you have to look really close in the video to see that they are Air Force. The only others that would know for sure would be those that were in the Air Force.

@@Brirend yeah, I actually knew it was the Air Force, I have typed that many times...must have had a brain fart this time around :) thank you for the correction...unlike some, I don't mind being corrected.

You see a lot of Adam around 5:25-5:35

That’s when I fell in love with them ❤❤