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    If 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is canceled as national anthem, activist suggests singing John Lennon's 'Imagine' instead

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    • jimmix
      jimmix last edited by

      The Blaze

      If 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is canceled as national anthem, activist suggests singing John Lennon's 'Imagine' instead

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      • Nancy R
        Nancy R last edited by

        It should have been America The Beautiful all along anyway, imho.

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        • The_Fool
          The_Fool last edited by

          Amazing how the loud voices of a few can change things for all, without all having a say.

          If it ever had to be changed;  I would also vote for America The Beautiful.

          Here There and Everywhere

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            dirkmcquickly last edited by

            I don't know about Imagine, but I think another Lennon song would be more appropriate - "Give me some truth"!!

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            • Nancy R
              Nancy R last edited by

              Check this out - revised My Country 'Tis Of Thee!

              Additional Abolitionist verses by A. G. Duncan, 1843

              My country, 'tis of thee,
              Stronghold of slavery, of thee I sing;
              Land where my fathers died,
              Where men man’s rights deride,
              From every mountainside thy deeds shall ring!

              My native country, thee,
              Where all men are born free, if white’s their skin;
              I love thy hills and dales,
              Thy mounts and pleasant vales;
              But hate thy negro sales, as foulest sin.

              Let wailing swell the breeze,
              And ring from all the trees the black man’s wrong;
              Let every tongue awake;
              Let bond and free partake;
              Let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong.

              Our father’s God! to thee,
              Author of Liberty, to thee we sing;
              Soon may our land be bright,
              With holy freedom’s right,
              Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King.

              It comes, the joyful day,
              When tyranny’s proud sway, stern as the grave,
              Shall to the ground be hurl’d,
              And freedom’s flag, unfurl’d,
              Shall wave throughout the world, O’er every slave.

              Trump of glad jubilee!
              Echo o’er land and sea freedom for all.
              Let the glad tidings fly,
              And every tribe reply,
              "Glory to God on high," at Slavery’s fall.

              source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/patrioticsongslyrics/mycountrytisoftheelyrics.html

              Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

              GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

              Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

              FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

              Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

              Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

              Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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              • love2travel
                love2travel last edited by

                Couldn't read the entire article for some reason.  I am really glad we are taking a good hard look at so many things right now. So sad that a nation is brought to such depths, before we can really open our eyes.

                Joy to the World - Peace on Earth - We are all ONE

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