Viewer Alert- National Memorial Day Concert: PBS 8PM EST

Me

[God luvs America]

The only important thing on television every year. And usually one of the best live threads on Free Republic every year. You must watch this concert and I reccomend you have a box of kleenex close by.

[God luvs America]

2008 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

THE ONLY THING YOU MUST WATCH ON TELEVISION

http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/concert/

 

[TornadoAlley3]

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT!

[dawn53]

The Performers
The 2008 National Memorial Day Concert features a host of award-winning stars and well-known personalities.

Gary Sinise
Joe Mantegna
Gladys Knight
Sarah Brightman
Denis Leary
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
Idina Menzel
Charles Durning
Rodney Atkins
John Schneider
Gail O’Grady
Caitlin Wachs
Maestro Erich Kunzel
The National Symphony Orchestra
Military District of Washington
U.S. Army Herald Trumpets
The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band
The Soldiers’ Chorus of The United States Army Field Band
The Master Chorale of Washington
Behind the Scenes: Our award-winning production team

[mdittmar]

Bump.

[JavaJumpy]

Thanks for posting this reminder!

[JavaJumpy]

Thanks for posting this reminder!

[Brainhose]

So................ This one of 2 days a year that left-wing PBS viewers get to pretend that they actually like America, sort of.
Give me a break! This is a lame attempt on their part to assure that the $s they extract from our paychecks continue unabated while they make more than 300 million $s a year off of their Tickle-Me-Homo dolls and their other Gay marriage/Multicultural agenda indoctrination videos.
I'll take them seriously when Bill Moyers kills himself on air and Dora The Explorer gets a female circumcision to prove that all cultural traditions are equal.
Other than that I have no problem with PBS

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Charles Durning in WW 2

Charles Durning now

*****

"The Greatest Generation"

Honoring Charles Durning and all WWII Veterans

"This year’s concert will recognize the immense contributions of World War II veterans and, in particular, honor distinguished actor, highly decorated WWII veteran and 14-year National Memorial Day Concert participant Charles Durning for his bravery and sacrifice as part of the “greatest generation.”

Charles Durning is a recipient of a Tony, Golden Globe and eight Emmy awards and two Oscar nominations for his work on stage and in film and television. This year, he also was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. But it is his Silver Star and his three Purple Hearts that make him an exemplary member of the “greatest generation.”

He was in the first wave to land at Omaha Beach in Normandy. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was bayoneted eight times, captured and then escaped. He liberated the death camps, witnessing that profound, nearly unspeakable human tragedy. Yet he has shared his story on the National Memorial Day Concert because he says it is “so important not to forget, however painful.”

[ETL]

Oliver North is scheduled to do a C-Span BookTV talk *RIGHT NOW* (7:30pm eastern time) on his new book American Heroes. Having a relatively new FR membership, I cannot post 2 articles in one day, and I’ve already posted one. So if someone else would like to it, please do so. Note that it is scheduled to repeat at 1:30am ET.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Having a relatively new FR membership, I cannot post 2 articles in one day

Never heard of that rule...

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Maestro Erich Kunzel

Since 1991, Maestro Kunzel has led the National Symphony on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol for PBS’s nationally televised Memorial Day and Fourth of July concerts. Erich Kunzel’s distinguished career is marked by his receipt of the 2006 National Medal of Arts, presented by President and Mrs. Bush in a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

"From the Inauguration of the President to the national anthem at the Superbowl, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets perform at some of the most spectacular events in America. Since their establishment in 1959, The Army Herald Trumpets have performed at numerous historical occasions."

[Dr. Scarpetta]

U.S. Army Ceremonial Band

"While the Ceremonial Band’s primary mission is to support more than 2,000 military funerals each year in Arlington National Cemetery, the band performs other missions of national and international importance.

These missions include wreath laying ceremonies by heads of state and other foreign dignitaries at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, monthly retirement parades, special reviews and arrival and departure honors for foreign dignitaries at the White House and Pentagon.

Recent major events include 2005 Presidential Inaugural festivities, the State Funerals of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, and ceremonies honoring Her Majesty The Queen of England Elizabeth II during her visit to the United States in May 2007."

[big'ol_freeper]

Thanks for the tip....great show!

[trimom]

One box of Kleenex may not be enough. Watching those three tell the story.....even Mr. Trimom needed the box.

[angcat]

I needed my inhaler.

What a great show.