Sample Church Donations Letter

Rational Anthem

Today 80 years ago was decided by the U.S. Congress that will be The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States. Is difficult to sing. Hillary Clinton it can definitely not. The Americans drive a big effort with their anthem, wrote to the U.S. code: During a rendition of the national anthem - (1) when the flag is displayed - (A) all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart, (B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart, and (C) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note, and (2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were Displayed .

American soldiers will be punished if touched by the flag parade through clumsy handling of a portion of the flag of the earth. In the army, the guards polished previously with the black portion of the flag of the boots. The question of whether you can burn the American flag (which was during the Vietnam War for a time mode), employed for decades lawyers and politicians. Before had The Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem, the Americans have sung other songs. Most of Samuel Francis Smith My Country 'tis of Thee to the tune of God Save the King . From this song it is a variant of wrote author Ambrose Bierce (was also called the Bitter Bierce ). Her name is A Rational (instead National ) Anthem is a little less famous, it is still relevant:

My country 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of felony,
Of thee I sing--
Land where my fathers fried
Young witches and applied
Whips to the Quaker's hide
And made him spring.


My knavish country, thee,
Land where the thief is free,
Thy laws I love;
I love thy thieving bills
That tap the people's tills;
I love thy mob whose will's
All laws above.

Let Federal employees
And round rob all they please
The whole year long.
Let office-holders make Their piles
and judges rake Our coin
. For Jesus' sake,
Let's all go wrong!


Ambrose Bierce is not the only one who has rewritten the text. The famous WEB DuBois wrote a new version:

My country tis of thee, land of slavery
Late,
Of thee I sing.
country where my father's pride
Slept where my mother died,
From every mountainside Let freedom ring
!

My native country thee
Land of the slave set free,
Thy fame I love.
I love thy rocks and rills
And o’er thy hate which chills,
My heart with purpose thrills,
To rise above.

Let laments swell the breeze
And wring from all the trees
Sweet freedom’s song.
Let laggard tongues awake,
Let all who hear partake,
Let Southern silence quake,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers’ God to thee
Author of Liberty,
To thee we sing
Soon may our land be bright,
With Freedom’s happy light
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.

Es wäre to collect interesting, once all the variants of the American national anthems. But for now should be fine. And if you have never Henrix Jimmy's version of The Star-Spangled Banner is one, but once you hear ☞ in here. Is somehow beautiful.