I felt compelled to do something combining Celtic Woman's "O, America" and Norman Rockwell's rendition of what America was like when I was growing up. IMO, he captured in intimate detail what America used to be.
I did a small amount of research on Rockwell and discovered he was not that comfortable in metropolitan areas of America, such as New York City(imagine that!). His heart and his roots were in small town America, what most of us now call flyover country. Bless him.
To: Jeff Head; DirtyHarryY2K; Lady Jag; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; devolve; SunkenCiv; Fred Nerks; ...
Here it is Jeff. To the rest, I hope you enjoy it...
2 posted on
10/14/2009 4:39:42 PM PDT by
ForGod'sSake
(You have two choices and two choices only: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!)
To: ForGod'sSake
Absolutely fantastic.
A must see. Only 2 views so far, glad to be the 3rd.
3 posted on
10/14/2009 4:44:37 PM PDT by
Leo58
(Those who cheer you today will curse you tomorrow, the only thing that endures is character.)
To: ForGod'sSake
To: ForGod'sSake
9 posted on
10/14/2009 5:03:33 PM PDT by
snippy_about_it
(Looking for our Sam Adams)
To: ForGod'sSake
Emailed the link to everyone I know. Thank you. I miss America. I wish my children and grandchildren knew the America I was privileged to have known. The Christian values represented by Rockwell’s paintings are mocked, ridiculed and attacked by those who do not share the vision of our Founding Fathers.
To: nutmeg
13 posted on
10/14/2009 5:16:16 PM PDT by
nutmeg
(Obamunism is destroying America)
To: ForGod'sSake
Thank you so much, I just added it to my patriotic videos playlist!
14 posted on
10/14/2009 5:17:53 PM PDT by
joesjane
(The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
To: ForGod'sSake; devolve; ntnychik; dixiechick2000; PhilDragoo
That is lovely FGS! We all love Rockwell’s art. It was an added bonus for me. I am not able to understand ‘words’ on radio or youtubes so I don’t listen to recent music. Celtic Woman’s O, America is beautiful.
15 posted on
10/14/2009 5:35:29 PM PDT by
potlatch
(Actions Speak Louder Than Words)
To: ForGod'sSake
Here is my Rockwell America.
18 posted on
10/14/2009 5:39:09 PM PDT by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
To: ForGod'sSake
Wow!!!! And thanks you so much!!! That was the America (the USA) we loved!!!They showed it as it was!!!
Norman Rockwell, Paul Harvey, Walter Cronkite, Billy Graham, Jimmy Hart (B.C. Comics), Chic Young (Blondie & Dagwood),Jimmy Stewart (Wonderful Life), John Wayne (The Searchers++),Ronald Reagen, and time would fail us to name them all!!!!
We loved those dear hearts and gentle people of our home towns.
19 posted on
10/14/2009 5:45:40 PM PDT by
LetMarch
(If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonyous)
To: ForGod'sSake
To: ForGod'sSake; potlatch
That was a beautiful piece of work, FGS. So moving!
I hope you have the chance someday to go to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass, in the Berkshire Mtns, near the New York border. It’s a thrilling experience to see so many of his original paintings, and to visit his studio. There is a small gallery in the center of the museum, in which you are surrounded by the Four Freedoms paintings. I can’t describe the feeling. A large gallery on a lower level has all the Saturday Evening Post covers.
In your video, there was a wide painting of a smalltown Main Street. That is Stockbridge, and it is still lovely today.
28 posted on
10/14/2009 10:40:55 PM PDT by
ntnychik
To: ForGod'sSake
That was just beautiful. I enjoyed it very much. The REAL
America!
To: ForGod'sSake
Very nice. Didn’t see this until just now.
33 posted on
10/16/2009 1:44:17 PM PDT by
DoughtyOne
(Deficit spending, trade deficits, unsecure mortages, worthless paper... ... not a problem. Oh yeah?)
To: ForGod'sSake
Very beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes.
36 posted on
10/16/2009 2:10:44 PM PDT by
little jeremiah
(Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
To: ForGod'sSake
42 posted on
10/16/2009 5:27:41 PM PDT by
Chickensoup
(Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
To: ForGod'sSake
Beautiful work, FGS. Very moving.
To: ForGod'sSake; ConservativeMan55; JulieRNR21; Cindy; Smartass; MeekOneGOP; Watery Tart; ...
VERY nice! ...brought tears to these old eyes.
48 posted on
10/19/2009 11:59:55 AM PDT by
Seadog Bytes
(OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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