The U.S. Army Chorus and the Battle Hymn of the Republic
I only watched a bit of the welcome festivities for the Pope so I missed this live. It’s difficult to pull your head out of whatever else it is your doing and forget about politics and boobs and other nonsense but it’s worth it.
If you don’t get goose bumps in the last minute you need to see a doctor.
H/T to oh…what’s his name……..oh yeah. Rush Limbaugh. He’s been obesessed with this the whole week and you can see why. Awesome.
Feels like good old God-loving patriotism to me.
I received this in an email today. I’ve seen it before as you probably have but it goes well with the Battle Hymn. Coincidentally, two days ago my nephew returned home from a 15 month tour in Afghanistan.
It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the VETERAN, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
who has given us the right to vote.
It is the VETERAN, who salutes the flag.
It is the VETERAN who serves under the flag.
Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Amen and God bless them all!
UPDATE: Dave-alanche! Welcome to our Blog-Granddaddy readers.
UPDATE #2: Also, a big welcome to Wizbang readers.
UPDATE #3: Michelle Malkin, call me.
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God bless your nephew, Rosetta, and all who have served to protect us.
Damn, gets me every time. That and the Navy Hymn. I’m an amateur musician and have performed the Battle Hymn (that exact version) many times. I still get misty hearing it performed.
Thank you, Muslihoon. I was thinking as I was typing the part about it being the veterans that give us the right to vote and not the politican that there is a bit of yin and yang at work. If that’s the right analogy.
I usually think that we are deserving of better politicians and at the same time I’m not sure we’re deserving of the veterans that have served this country. It’s weird like that.
rudytbone, I have to say that I don’t think I’ve heard the Battle Hymn performed like that and my reaction was the same as yours.
What a great thing to come out of left field on a random Friday.
Who among our close friends here are veterans?
I know good-guy cranky is. Who else?
Would WP count?
My dear husband was Army 72-75. Step-son just shipped out to Iraq yesterday (he re-enlisted).
NiceDeb posted this a couple of days ago. It is beautiful.
My wife and I are. So are both our dads. And her brother. And her brother-in-law. And my brother-in-law.
6 Air Force (1 still active duty), 1 Army.
But I should mention that we’re largely pseudo-vets, in that only my dad and her brother-in-law saw a war zone (Vietnam and Somalia, respectively). The rest of us had nice desk jobs.
U.S. Army ‘73-’76. But I was a ‘chairborne ranger’ so lets give the glory to the men and women who were put in harm’s way.
My new avatar was my unit insignia; Army Security Agency.
Thanks for the awesome post Rosetta.
Mr. Minority is a vet too and lets not forget mesa!
My dad (Air Force), his two brothers, (Navy, Army) my grandfather (Army).
Tell your nephew we all said thank you Rosetta, Patty Ann, tell your step son as well.
Nice. It also reminded me of the song played at Reagan’s funeral, Mansions of the Lord.
Oh, boo. Now I feel bad I never was in the military.
Y’all’re awesome!
Now I feel bad I never was in the military.
Where’s your messiah now, eh?
Wiserbud’s Canadian?
Are you rootin’ and tootin’ aboot your hoos?
Rosetta, please thank your nephew for serving our country. He can never be thanked enough for doing what he does for little pay and not much thanks while being far from home and loved ones in frequently fearsome and uncomfortable spots around the world.
My great grandfather (Spanish-American War), my grandfather and father (World War II — Infantry and Signal Corps), all of my uncles (World War II and Korea), my brother and me (beginning of all volunteer force in 1973), and my brother-in-law who is still serving.
I’ve been retired for more than 10 years and I terribly miss being around people who serve. Thank God I live in a military town because I’m always around my ‘family’.
Well, I’m still serving so I guess I count.
I’ll hit 20 years this summer. Scary.
Thank you to all of you for serving.
Wow.
I should have known but I didn’t realize the degree to which the people that frequent this place are so on a different plane of deserved respect.
Thank you that serve, have served and are related to those that are or have served.
When I saw all the people that commented on this thread, I thought it was the usual suspects of morons cracking wise.
*takes a knee and bows a bald head to you all*
If I’m not mistaken, military choirs stay true to the original lyric “let us die to make men free”, while civilian choirs change “die” to “live”.
That touches me somehow.
Glad your nephew is home Rosetta. Pattyann, God keep your stepson safe and bring him safely home.
All of you who served have my undying admiration and respect. I did not serve, my dad is a Korea vet, USN, Purple Heart.
I tried to join the Indian Armed Forces. They laughed me off (One eye nearly blind). My uncle was an Artillery Captain during the 1965 India-Pakistan war. Died while whipping Pakistani butts (Sorry if that offends you, Musli).
Hopefully atleast one of my sons will join some US Armed Service.
Thanks for posting this. Not a regular here, but might become one after seeing this.
USAF 68-75
I’m one of those that still can’t say what they did, but fortunately, It didn’t require a lot of bravery, or I might not have qualified!…
My family has a tradition of serving in the Navy Dad served during Korea, Grandpop went to Annapolis. Grandpop’s Annapolis diploma is framed and on the wall. I considered enlisting after 9/11 but was too old (35+) and too fat (5′10″ 275), married an 2 kids to support. So I volunteered to be a Military Funeral Bugler. Truly the least I could do.
My deepest thanks and respects to those who do, and did, and will, serve their country.
So I volunteered to be a Military Funeral Bugler.
That is awesome! Thank you for doing that. I know here in Wisconsin you folks are in short supply and its such an important part of a military funeral.
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Feels like good old God-loving patriotism to me.
Yeah, but thats not “True Patriotism,” You know the kinda patriotism that means you have to shit on everything that was involved in the development of who you are, and what you care about.
You don’t really love your country until you are willing to rhetoricaly destroy it.
You don’t really love your parents until you can MAN UP! and blame them for all your problems.
You don’t really understand your religion until you neglect all it’s tenets without remorse.
and you most definately don’t love puppies until you drown them.
Thank god I’m a conservativish guy, and I know all of that is a bunch of bullshit.
BTW, I kinda didn’t like that performance, I’m more a fan of the more martial renditions, and chorus performances kinda leave me wanting to go to bed, regretting the fact that I don’t own porn.
Hey WP. That was a typical, and long missed, WP ending to a post.
Hope things are going well for you.
<<<VERY proud USAF Vet and an even Prouder Parent of a SOLDIER
God bless our TROOPS
Yeah, nice video, if you love fascist Rethuglikan babykillers who want to turn Amerikkka into a theocracy where womyn won’t even have the right to cleanse their wombs of unwanted parasites.
There’s nothing better, Slowking Man. You forgot “neo-con”.
Have I ever told you folks I am going to be so depressed when Bush leaves office? An end to 8 years of neo-cons. I’m so sad. I want at least a few more decades of neo-cons.
Why can’t we make Cheney or Rove or Rummy president? I want another neo-con, darnit!
I love all your comments….and this is a cartoon I like.
-not sure if it fits but it does make u feel something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr64NI33qUo
I loved that, KKFF.
Rosetta, you got an indirect hat tip from Michelle Malkin’s site this morning. Well, she tipped DiT at AOS which leads here. I think she was afraid to link directly here–not that I blame her
Yeah, nice video, if you love fascist Rethuglikan babykillers who want to turn Amerikkka into a theocracy where womyn won’t even have the right to cleanse their wombs of unwanted parasites.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
+ 1,000 points
Rosetta, you got an indirect hat tip from Michelle Malkin’s site this morning.
PB, I checked her site and couldn’t find it. Will you please provide the linky?
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/20/sunday-meditation-the-us-army-chorus-sings-battle-hymn-of-the-republic/
We wuz robbed.
Heh, we should track back to that post.
Here it is. She linked to DIT’s post on Ace’s which linked to this post.
pfft. stupid mesa.
I think she was afraid to link directly here–not that I blame her
Why?
You have to ask?
We might make her drink cat crap coffee.
We might make her drink cat crap coffee.
It’s cat-MONKEY crap coffee. Dur.
sure, get all technical with facts and stuff
*yawn
Did you just stick a hot dog in your mouth when you yawned??!?
organic turkey dog
“I think she was afraid to link directly here–not that I blame her
Why?”
Well, maybe because some of us are insensitive to other Religions? :O
This would make a good post: “Reasons why Michelle Malkin won’t link our blog”
Heh.
Speaking of hot dogs, i got these because i had a coupon. Stupidest. Thing. Ever. You have to unwrap the bun and hot dog, then unwrap the hot dog itself, then nuke for 30 seconds which is exactly what you do when you get normal hot dogs and buns. Time saved? NONE! And why the hell do they put the bun in a crisper? Who the hell wants their hot dog bun crisp? This product is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with the world today.
Well, maybe because some of us are insensitive to other Religions? :O
Really? Who’s that?
Speaking of hot dogs, i got these because i had a coupon. Stupidest. Thing. Ever. You have to unwrap the bun and hot dog, then unwrap the hot dog itself, then nuke for 30 seconds which is exactly what you do when you get normal hot dogs and buns. Time saved? NONE! And why the hell do they put the bun in a crisper? Who the hell wants their hot dog bun crisp? This product is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with the world today.
Hahahahahahaha. This comment is really funny for some reason.
Also, PATTYANN HATES THE JEWS!!!!!
Did I miss something cuz I don’t think we’re insensitive?
What?!?! That’s BULLSHIT!!!!1
I agree. Total Bullstein!
I agree. Total Bullstein!
Hey…I speak for all of us. I am THE Jews.
PJ, yes, yes you did. I was bad.
I crapped all over Musli
Why did Patty Ann cross the road?
She wanted a bagel and lox?
The chicken was a Jew.
PattyAnn, the important question is…………..did you wipe after you crapped?
To beat the Jew?
Why did Patty Ann cross the road?
The chicken was a Jew.
Oh PattyAnn! How could you? HOW.COULD.YOU?
*runs to room sobbing and slams door
Why did the bacon cross the road?
Why?
To get in mah sammich!
fat bastard
To beat the Jew?
Hahahahaha. That’s funnier.
I tried to, PJ. I used the heavy=duty baby wipes with aloe lotion. He forgave me, bless his heart.
Well, wipe my butt and call me late for dinner. WTF is going on over here?
Nice boobs, ya boob.
They’re friggin’ HUGE!
And I acknowledged that they’re your boobs in the left side bar at the top of the page.
Man, did this thread go south or what?
And you’re surprised because……….?
cranky has boobs, now?
Never saw that coming.
I will note for the record that this thread was excellent until pajama momma showed up.
And you’re surprised because……….?
cranky has boobs, now?
Never saw that coming.
(your turn, Roseta)
I will note for the record that pajama momma’s head is shaped like a jackass burrito.
This is pj and her sis when they were kids.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BCPdBgvIsS8
I will note for the record that pajama momma’s head is shaped like a jackass burrito.
Oh that’s rich coming from Sir Taco Head.
This is pj and her sis when they were kids.
That’s prolly more realistic than when you said Natalie the other day. I’ve always been more of the tomboy.
so there! hhhhmph and schtuff!
And Bart, I’m registered at Victoria’s Secretions so if you’re looking for the perfect gift for me you’ll find her there.
Dear Miss Quesadilla for Brains,
I never said anything about Natalie.
I said you were Jo.
Can I have sour cream on my quesadilla?
That’s not sour cream.
ewwwwwwwwwwww
I’m a convert. That may explain why I don’t have a ripped drop-dead-gorgeous body. Maybe I’ll get that with my horns, which should start growing any day now.
I think this fits here.
Although, I’ll warn you. It’ll get something stuck in your eye.
Actual footage of American soldiers in an airport in Ireland.
Good stuff Muslihoon.
Thanks Musli!
Welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
Aw man.
When Michelle and I finally get acquainted, I shall speak to her about this.
When Michelle and I finally get acquainted, I shall speak to her about this.
I assume this is after you stutter and say, “Duh, duh, duh” and faint dead to the floor?
It’s cat-MONKEY crap coffee. Dur.
“Dur” would make a great contraction for “du jour.”
“What is your soup dur?”
I’m boring. I like cream of broccoli.
What? You think I can’t make a good first impression?
Um, do I have to be honest, in other words, can I lie through my teeth? Or is that bad?
I ban pjm from this thread!
“What is your soup dur?”
Hehehehehe.
How about: “What is your daily soup du jour?”
How about: “What is your daily soup du jour?”
We like it. Accepted and approved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMvTLHTIbwI
I ban pjm from this thread!
Please?!?!?!?!
I ban pjm from this thread!
would it help if I said it didn’t take till the last minute of the song for me to get chills? I got them instantaneously.
Ok, you’re back in. Even if I could I’d never really ban you
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Ok, you’re back in. Even if I could I’d never really ban you
Oh man, I wish I’d seen this sooner. Do you know who sad and depressed I’ve been?
*runs to bathroom to rid self of 4 days of comfort food. barfs up 43 1/2 chocolate bars, 13 full size bags of various potato chips and two chocolate donuts (I dont really like donuts, that’s why I only puked up two)
This was great to watch and hear. Thank your nephew for his service.