Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Made my hair stand on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Thank you Hoping it stays this way despite certain politicians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Seen it before, still love it. Fun story. I was stationed at NAS Atlanta in Ga. back in 1988- 1990 with the Marine Air Group Reserves. We were doing a Toys for Tots event at Miss Kitty's there. (Travis Tritt filmed his first music video, "Country Club" there about a year before, and he was actually performing there that night). There was myself, a Captain, and a Corporal from my unit there, and a Color Guard from another unit. When the event started, the Color was to March to the front of the club, do their turn, and present the flag to the audience. We were then to march up and salute. The plan was to have them march up while the Star Spangled Banner was playing. Problem: The club didn't HAVE the Star Spangled Banner on hand. Now remember, this was before smartphones, or the internet for that matter, so we couldn't just pull it up. I asked the club owner if he had Lee Greenwood, and being as it was a Country Nightclub, he did. I told the Captain, who didn't know Country that this would work. Not having any other option, he agreed. When it was time, the Color Guard marched up in silence. When they were in position, we marched up and saluted. The club owner started playing the song, softly at first. A little louder for the chorus, then back down some for the next verse. He did this for the entire song, until the final verse was thundering. The crowd went nuts! The applause was deafening, the cheering even more so. We dropped our salute, about faced, and followed by the Color Guard, marched back to the back of the club And didn't pay for a drink all night. We took in enough toys to fill a van to the roof, and raised about $600 on top of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Always loved this song 🇺🇸 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 We have a little patriotism....too damned little in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 What pizzes me off now is being called a Trumper just because I fly a flag. Ef em I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 26 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: What pizzes me off now is being called a Trumper just because I fly a flag. Ef em I say. im with you in thinking and flying oh , and also a trumper - since the minute he took the stage back his first election , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 2 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: What pizzes me off now is being called a Trumper just because I fly a flag. Ef em I say. It doesn't pizz me off, it tells me where the other person's mind is. What does it say about THEM if they don't consider it patriotic to vote for their side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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