Posted on 07/02/2022 7:36:55 PM PDT by Conservat1
Famed poem calls America 'heav'n rescued land'
Many Americans have a startling lack of knowledge about their own national anthem. Studies in recent years show 90 percent of children could not say what a national anthem was, never mind sing it. Neither could 80 percent of adults sing more than three lines.
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Ditto Sandy Patty
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200000017
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200215802.0 (first-ever printing, probably less than a dozen copies extant. Note typo. Typo in the FIRST printing.
Meatloaf’s rendition at the 1994 MLB all star game in Pittsburgh was pretty breathtaking as well. It’s available on YouTube for those interested.
#1 Meat Loaf
#2 Lady Gaga
#3 Whitney Houston
#10 Steven Tyler
hey all start screaming for the high notes, even the children. Is it now de rigueur?
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