{"id":608,"date":"2010-07-04T22:55:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T05:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=608"},"modified":"2010-07-04T22:56:12","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T05:56:12","slug":"oh-thus-be-it-ever-when-freemen-shall-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=608","title":{"rendered":"Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand &hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stirring, impromptu, a cappella performance, an attendee at a Tea Party shares his love of freedom by singing the fourth verse of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa-flag-site.org\/song-lyrics\/star-spangled-banner.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">The Star Spangled Banner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <center>&#160;<\/center><center><object width=\"540\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f9_bP219ehQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f9_bP219ehQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"540\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center>  <\/p>\n<p>The lyrics he sang so powerfully are:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand      <br \/>Between their loved home and the war&#8217;s desolation!       <br \/>Blest with victory and peace, may the heav&#8217;n rescued land       <br \/>Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.       <br \/>Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,       <br \/>And this be our motto: &quot;In God is our trust.&quot;       <br \/>And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave       <br \/>O&#8217;er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What a fitting message for this Independence Day, when we express our gratitude to the living God who \u00e2\u20ac\u0153made and preserved us a nation.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to my daughter Angie for pointing out this moving video. <\/p>\n<p>God bless America!<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:245517f5-9400-4abc-b188-4d033167b732\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">del.icio.us Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/popular\/Freedom\" rel=\"tag\">Freedom<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/popular\/Star+Spangled+Banner\" rel=\"tag\">Star Spangled Banner<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/popular\/National+Anthem\" rel=\"tag\">National Anthem<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/popular\/God\" rel=\"tag\">God<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stirring, impromptu, a cappella performance, an attendee at a Tea Party shares his love of freedom by singing the fourth verse of The Star Spangled Banner. &#160; The lyrics he sang so powerfully are: Oh! thus be it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/?p=608\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[28,29,143,142],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freedom-video","tag-freedom","tag-god","tag-national-anthem","tag-star-spangled-banner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovefreedom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}