In honor of American military veterans, here is a excerpt of the Glee Club of the USMA at West Point singing ‘America’. A DVD is available at Stand Ye Ready.
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Veterans Day is intended for the living, but during a time of armed conflict it is sadly also a memorial day. I compared the list of glee club singers against a list of Army fatalities in Iraq, and found these two matches.
| 09/14/04 | Brown, Tyler Hall | 1st BN, 9th INF REG, 2nd Infantry Division | Camp Hovey, Korea |
| 10/31/03 | Bryant, Todd J. | 1st BN, 34th Armor REG, 1st Infantry Division | Fort Riley, KS |
May they rest in peace.
That’s why I picked that particular selection. It’s the national anthem of the United Kingdom. A double duty tune.
It’s interesting to note that this was, and still is, “God Save the Queen” across the ocean.