Just WHO is the elderly fellow inappropriately touching a young girl?
A little comic relief as Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4 news pictures Biden as a 71 year old man accused of inappropriately touching young girl. Obviously it is in error, (at least this time). Note the astonished look on the co-anchor's face.
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"2000 Mules" Trailer with Pres. Trump Response
This is a trailer of Dinesh D'Souza's film "2000 Mules" due for release in the spring of 2022 in association with truethevote.org
It is followed by President Donald Trumps related remarks during his Jan. 29, 2022 Conroe, Texas Rally.
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Kari Lake takes a Sledgehammer to Fake News
Kari Lake is running for Governor of Arizona. After being a newscaster for years Kari is in a unique position to know their corruption and when she couldn't take it anymore she left to make things better.
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Swing Out, Sweet Land, a John Wayne Patriotic Special
John Wayne's first star studded TV special. This Patriotic special first aired in November of 1970
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Ronald Reagan, Peace Through Strength
Patriotic presentation of President Ronald Reagan's Speech on Strength being the only path to peace.
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"Ragged Old Flag" by Johnny Cash
As meaningful today as when the great Johnny Cash recorded it in 1974. Perhaps even more so.
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Mr Red White and Blue by Coffey Anderson
Coffey Anderson wrote this patriotic song for a young veteran named Craig Carp and all of our heroes that serve our country, for the families that miss them, and for those currently serving..
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"American Soldier" by Toby Keith
A beautiful patriotic song honoring our brave soldiers sacrifice, by patriot Toby Keith.
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Not Forgotten
Produced in partnership with the Vietnam War Commemoration, “Not Forgotten” tells the story of an American widow who finds the closure she's been seeking for more than forty years when her MIA Marine husband’s identification tags and wedding ring are recovered in Vietnam. Through their story, Moments.org & INSP memorializes and salutes all of the service members who were reported as missing in action during the Vietnam War. For more stories like this visit www.moments.org.
Directed by Thomas Torrey
Written by Thomas Torrey & Shea Sizemore
Produced by Thomas Torrey, Michelle Wheeler, Shea Sizemore
Director of Photography Chris Calnin
Costume Designer Monique Morales-Kroll
Executive Producers David Cerullo, Jim Goss
A Production of Moments.org/INSP/Vietnam War Commemoration
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Aaron Lewis tells it like it is.-Am I The Only One
Aaron Lewis tells it like it is and sings his patriotic song at a concert in Meadow Event Park 6/4/2021 "Am I The Only One"
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I FOUGHT FOR YOU
A moving, patriotic tribute to our military, past and present. Thank you for your service! This video was produced by "The Sound Tank".
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Marine sings the seldom heard 4th verse of The Star Spangled Banner
A Marine stuns the crowd at a Tea Party with the fourth verse of the Star Spangled Banner.
So Much for a "Secular Nation".
Thank you for the reminder that our rights come from God and not any man or group of men.
God Bless America and Semper Fi Marine!
David W. Hedrick
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Trump Honors Widow of Fallen Navy Seal Hero
This is how a True Commander in Chief Shows Respect for Those Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice to Protect the People of Our Great Nation.
During his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Donald J. Trump saluted the widow of a U.S. Navy SEAL who was killed in a counterterrorism raid in January of 2017.
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Lee Greenwood, US soldiers release new version of 'God Bless the USA'
Lee Greenwood, in collaboration with The United States Air Force Band, Singing Sergeants and Home Free, released a new version of his hit song “God Bless the U.S.A.”
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The Story of "The Star Spangled Banner"
One of the cultural landmarks to emerge from the War of 1812 was the penning of the Star Spangled Banner by 35-year-old Washington, DC attorney and journeyman poet Francis Scott Key. Key wrote the words to a poem he originally called, “The Defense of Fort McHenry” after watching the British naval bombardment of the Baltimore stronghold on the evening of September 13 -14, 1814.
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Thank You for Your Service (Vietnam Hero)
The Vietnam War marked a time of social unrest that divided our nation like never before. Service members returning home with physical and emotional scars were greeted with an unprecedented level of disrespect and dishonor. The courage and sacrifice of our veterans cannot be overstated. When you encounter them, thank them for their service. You never know how powerful those words may be. Find your moment at www.Moments.org.
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The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton
The Battle of New Orleans was written by Jimmie Driftwood. The song details the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American fighting alongside Andrew Jackson against British forces, but the tone is lighthearted. It has been recorded by many artists, but the one most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton his version was released as a single in 1959.
Driftwood, a school principal in Arkansas with a passion for history, set a historical account of the battle to this music in an attempt to get students interested in learning history. It worked, and Driftwood became well known in the region for his historical songs.
The Battle of New Orleans:
In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson
down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon
and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British
in the town of New Orleans.
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We fired our guns and the
British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many
as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and
they began to runnin' on
Down the Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down the river
and we see'd the British come.
And there must have been a hundred of'em
beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so high
and they made the bugles ring.
We stood by our cotton bales
and didn't say a thing.
[Chorus]
Old Hickory said we could
take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets
'til we looked 'em in the eye
We held our fire 'til we
see'd their faces well.
Then we opened up with squirrel guns
and really gave 'em ... well
[Chorus]
Yeah, they ran through the briars
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds
couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico.
We fired our cannon
'til the barrel melted down.
So we grabbed an alligator
and we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls,
and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off,
the gator lost his mind.
[Chorus]
Yeah, they ran through the briars
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast
that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Patriotic History of "The Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
As the sun broke the horizon on September 13, 1814, Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane gave the order for British naval ships to commence firing at Fort McHenry. Located in the Baltimore Harbor, Fort McHenry was one of the last lines of defense for Baltimore: if the fort was captured, then Baltimore would be as well. With Washington, D.C., burned just a month prior, the capture of Baltimore would mean that the just formed United States would lose two major coastal cities. These cities were financial and political strongholds, and, without them, Britain could claim victory for the entire war.
On a merchant ship in the harbor was British Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner and Georgetown lawyer Francis Scott Key. On September 5, Stuart and Key had sailed into the harbor to meet with Admiral George Cockburn to discuss the release of Dr. William Beanes. Beanes was a doctor, and a colleague of Key, who had refused to give food and drink to British soldiers who had happened upon his house in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He was scheduled to be hanged. Stuart and Key successfully negotiated Beanes’s freedom. However, since they were by the British fleet in the harbor, and privy to the British’s positions and plans to attack Baltimore, the three men were unable to return to shore.
On September 12, the British landed their forces at North Point, a peninsula at the fork of the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay to attempt a land attack on Baltimore. The British pushed on toward the city and were attacked at noon, resulting in the death of British Major General Robert Ross. Colonel Arthur Brooke took command and skirmishes continued that day. The Americans retreated to Baltimore and the British consolidated their forces.
With many American forces emerging in the night, the British decided to launch a naval attack on Fort McHenry commanded by Admiral Cochrane. Major George Armistead, future uncle to Confederate General Lewis Armistead in the Civil War, commanded the fort. For twenty-four hours, mortar shells and Congreve rockets were hurled at the fort. Over the harbor, there was a cloud of smoke that was only illuminated by the glow of rockets.
However, the British gunners had poor aim. Because of the American cannons in the fort and previously sunken merchant ships that Armistead had commanded to ring the entrance to Baltimore harbor, the British couldn’t get close to the Fort. At nightfall, Cochrane sent 1,200 of his men to the shore in an attempt to attack the fort from the rear. American forces met the incoming soldiers and impeded them from advancing.
The next morning, Armistead raised a thirty by forty-two-foot United States Flag over the fort. Customarily, this garrison flag was raised every morning at reveille, but after a night of fighting this action took on a new meaning. The British, equally fatigued after the long fight and running low on ammunition, noted that they could not overtake the fortifications of Fort McHenry. Beanes, Key, and Stuart were sent back to the Maryland shore and the British retreated and set off for New Orleans.
Throughout this battle, Key was in the harbor hearing cannon fire and the booms of explosives. After the hours of bombardment and the fear that the British could overtake the fort and head to Baltimore, Key awoke to a proud display of American patriotism and a symbol that they were not going to stop fighting. That morning he wrote notes for a future poem about this event. Later that week, he finished the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” On September 20, the Baltimore Patriot published “Defence of Fort M’Henry.” Francis Scott Key’s brother-in-law set the poem to music, and the combined poem and music was published under the name “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
After it was published, “The Star-Spangled Banner” became one of the many patriotic songs sung throughout the country. After 1889, it accompanied the flag raisings by the Navy. President Woodrow Wilson adopted the song as a de facto “national anthem” in 1916 but did not codify this ruling. In 1929, “House Resolution 14” was presented to Congress to name “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the official national anthem to the United States. There were many objections to this resolution.
One objection was that the tune of the “Star-Spangled Banner” was taken from the song “To Anacreon to Heaven.” This song was the theme for the Society of Anacreon, which was active between 1766-1791. The Society of Anacreon was a gentleman’s club that meet monthly to listen to music of questionable tastes and to socialize. Ralph Tomlinson wrote the lyrics and John Stafford Smith composed the melody in 1788 and 1780 respectively. The song eluded to alcohol consumption and love in the last line of the first stanza, “I’ll instruct you like me to entwine the myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’s wine.” Even though only the tune was used, some members still saw it risqué that the two songs could be intertwined.
Other objections include: the difficulty of the song to sing and play, the inability to dance or march to the song, and it was too military-centric. The resolution did not pass until it was reintroduced to Congress in 1930. It was officially adopted by law on March 3, 1931. Other songs that were possible contenders for the position as national anthem were “Hail, Columbia,” “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” and “America the Beautiful.”
The flag itself was sewn by Mary Pickersgill. Major Armistead was assigned to command Fort McHenry in June 1813. He commissioned the Baltimore-based flag-maker to sew two flags, one that is 17 by 25 ft and one that is 30 by 42 ft. The flags were so large that she sewed them with her daughter, Caroline; two nieces, Eliza Young and Margaret Young, and an indentured African American servant, Grace Wisher, on the floor of a nearby brewery. In addition, there were potentially other workers that helped with this behemoth project that have not been recorded. The larger of the two flags dwarfs the standard size of garrison flags today that measure 20 by 38 ft. As per the Second Flag Act that was ratified on January 13, 1794, there were fifteen red and white stripes and fifteen white stars in a field of blue on the flag. The additional two stripes represent Vermont and Kentucky, who entered the Union in 1791 and 1792 respectively. It wasn’t until April 4, 1818 with the Third Flag Act that the number of stripes were reduced back to thirteen and the number of stars on the flag equate to the number of states in the Union.
After the war and before his death in 1818, Major George Armistead, who was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, acquired the large flag. The flag was passed down within the family until Eben Appleton, Armistead’s grandson donated the flag to the Smithsonian Institute in 1912. Between Armistead’s acquisition of the flag and the Appleton’s donation, pieces of the flag had been cut off and sent to veterans, government officials, and other prominent figures. In 1914, Amelia Fowler, a flag-restorer, was hired by the Smithsonian to help stabilize the fragile flag while it was on display. Preservation was initiated again in 1981 to reduce dust on the flag and reduce the amount of light shining on the fabric. Those preservation efforts weren’t enough. In 1994, the flag was removed from the wall, so conservators could remove the linen backing that Fowler sewed and further remove harmful materials from the flag’s surface. A new climate and light controlled exhibit were created to house the flag and discuss its history.
Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner” as a joyous poem after he was relieved that the United States had preserved against British attack. Since then it has evolved into the national anthem for the United States and is played at official events, schools, and sporting events. This anthem is a means to bring Americans together to remember the United States perseverance in the face of adversity and as a stage that Americans can use to protest unjust policies.
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Gun Expert Leaves Congress Speechless With Gun Facts
A Heritage Foundation expert, Amy Swearer, left Congress members speechless after she presented them with gun facts they don't want to hear.
Truths rarely fit their narrative.
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Biden's Fraud Organization
We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics. —-Joe Biden
Though it's very rare, sometimes, by accident, he tells the truth.
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The Fall of Joe Biden
The true story of what happened when the usurping president of the "ununited fakes of anti-America" takes a much deserved tumble down the steps to Air Force One.
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