September 18, 2018
I was at the church picnic the other day, and, it being
September (although not September 11), the emcee was waxing patriotic and
referring to dark times that the country has come through. Then someone
performed a solo of “God Bless America.”
I was a little surprised when first one person, then more
and more, started rising as she sang, but I thought, “Well, church, God, OK.”
But then I saw people putting their hands over their hearts.
Folks, “God Bless America” is not the National Anthem.
A few years ago I referenced Isaac Asimov’s contention that
no American knows all the verses of the National Anthem. But I thought we could
all at least name it.
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