♪♪ ♪ MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE, ♪ ♪ SWEET LAND
OF LIBERTY, ♪ ♪ OF THEE I SING. ♪ ♪ LAND WHERE MY
FATHERS DIED! ♪ >> LLOYD NEWELL: THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE PRESENTS MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD SPECIAL, CONDUCTING TODAY'S PROGRAM IS MACK WILBERG, WITH ORGANIST RICHARD ELLIOTT, AND THE SPOKEN WORD BY LLOYD NEWELL. ♪ FROM EVERY MOUNTAIN
SIDE, LET FREEDOM RING! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ THEY NEVER ASKED FOR GLORY, ♪ ♪ THEY NEVER SOUGHT THE FAME; ♪ ♪ BUT THEY ANSWERED THE CALL
JUST THE SAME. ♪ ♪ SHOWING COURAGE
BEYOND DUTY ♪ ♪ WITH NOBLE,
VALIANT HEARTS. ♪ ♪ THE FLAME OF FREEDOM SHINING
IN THE DARK. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE OUR FLAG
STILL FLIES HIGH, ♪ ♪ DECLARING THE TRUTH THAT
FREEDOM IS STILL ALIVE. ♪ ♪ FOR ALL THE BLOOD SPILLED AND
THE SACRIFICE MADE, ♪ ♪ WE ARE THE LAND
OF THE FREE. ♪ ♪ BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ WE EMBRACE THE CAUSE OF
JUSTICE AND CLING TO LIBERTY; ♪ ♪ AND HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE
SELFLESSLY. ♪ ♪ THEY HAVE SHOWN
UNCOMMON VALOR ♪ ♪ 'GAINST THE
SWORD OF TYRANNY; ♪ ♪ AND HAVE PAID THE COST THAT WE
MIGHT BE FREE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE, ♪ ♪ OUR FLAG STILL FLIES HIGH. ♪ ♪ DECLARING THE TRUTH ♪ ♪ THAT FREEDOM IS STILL ALIVE. ♪ ♪ FOR ALL THE BLOOD SPILLED AND
THE SACRIFICE MADE ♪ ♪ WE ARE THE LAND
OF THE FREE ♪ ♪ BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! ♪ ♪ OUR FLAG STILL
FLIES HIGH. ♪ ♪ DECLARING THE TRUTH ♪ ♪ THAT FREEDOM IS STILL ALIVE. ♪ ♪ FOR ALL THE BLOOD SPILLED AND
THE SACRIFICE MADE ♪ ♪ WE ARE THE LAND
OF THE FREE ♪ ♪ WE ARE THE LAND
OF THE FREE ♪ ♪ BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! ♪ ♪ THE BRAVE! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ MIGHTY IS OUR ARMY,
AND MIGHTY IS OUR LORD. ♪ ♪ WE STAND FOR
PEACE AND LIBERTY, ♪ ♪ OUR HISTORIES RECORD. ♪ ♪ EACH SOLDIER IS A FORTRESS;
UNITED WE DEFEND ♪ ♪ THE RIGHTS OF
OUR FATHERS DIED FOR, ♪ ♪ ETERNAL WITHOUT END. ♪ ♪ ONE NATION, ONE ARMY;
ONE PEOPLE STRONG AND FREE. ♪ ♪ THO' WORSHIPING
IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ♪ ♪ ONE GOD ETERNALLY, ♪ ♪ ONE GOD ETERNALLY, ♪ ♪ LORD, GUARD AND GUIDE
THE ONES WHO FLY ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE GREAT SPACES
OF THE SKY. ♪ ♪ BE WITH THEM
TRAVERSING THE AIR ♪ ♪ IN DARKENING STORMS
OR SUNSHINE FAIR. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ETERNAL FATHER,
STRONG TO SAVE, ♪ ♪ WHOSE ARM HATH BOUND
THE RESTLESS WAVE, ♪ ♪ WHO BIDD'ST
THE MIGHTY OCEAN DEEP ♪ ♪ ITS OWN APPOINTED
LIMITS KEEP; ♪ ♪ O HEAR US WHEN
WE CRY TO THEE ♪ ♪ FOR THOSE IN PERIL
ON THE SEA. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ETERNAL FATHER,
GRANT WE PRAY, ♪ ♪ TO ALL MARINES,
BOTH NIGHT AND DAY, ♪ ♪ THE COURAGE, HONOR,
STRENGTH, AND SKILL ♪ ♪ THEIR LAND TO SERVE,
THY LAW FULFILL; ♪ ♪ BE THOU THE SHIELD
FOREVERMORE ♪ ♪ FROM EVERY PERIL
TO THE CORPS. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ETERNAL FATHER,
LORD OF HOSTS, ♪ ♪ WATCH O'ER THE ONES
WHO GUARD OUR COASTS; ♪ ♪ PROTECT THEM FROM
THE RAGING SEAS ♪ ♪ AND GIVE THEM LIGHT
AND LIFE AND PEACE. ♪ ♪ GRANT THEM FROM
THY GREAT THRONE ABOVE ♪ ♪ THE SHIELD AND SHELTER
OF THY LOVE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ A-MEN. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ OH, BEAUTIFUL
FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, ♪ ♪ FOR AMBER WAVES
OF GRAIN, ♪ ♪ WHO MORE THAN SELF
THEIR COUNTRY LOVED, ♪ ♪ AND MERCY
MORE THAN LIFE! ♪ ♪ AMERICA! AMERICA! ♪ ♪ MAY GOD THY GOLD
REFINE, ♪ ♪ CONFIRM THY SOUL
IN SELF CONTROL, ♪ ♪ THY LIBERTY IN LAW. ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD
WITH BROTHERHOOD, ♪ ♪ FROM SEA
TO SHINING SEA. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ AMERICA! AMERICA! ♪ >> MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, GENE SCHEER READ A BOOK ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. HE READ ABOUT THE PASSIONATE DEDICATION OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS NATION-A NATION THAT WOULD ONE DAY BECOME A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM FOR THE WORLD. AS HE READ, HE FELT INSPIRED-SO INSPIRED THAT HE WROTE A SONG AND CALLED IT "AMERICAN ANTHEM." THE SONG HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS AND WAS FEATURED IN A POPULAR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD WAR II. SCHEER SAID HE WANTED IT TO BE A "RALLYING CALL," REMINDING CITIZENS-INCLUDING HIMSELF--OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY "TO GET OUT THERE AND ... DO SOMETHING" FOR THE COUNTRY. THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE: ALL WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BY THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE THE DREAM OF A NATION WHERE FREEDOM WOULD ENDURE THE WORK AND PRAYERS OF CENTURIES HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS DAY. WHAT SHALL BE OUR LEGACY? WHAT WILL OUR CHILDREN SAY? LET THEM SAY OF ME I WAS ONE WHO BELIEVED IN SHARING THE BLESSINGS I RECEIVED LET ME KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN MY DAYS ARE THROUGH AMERICA, AMERICA, I GAVE MY BEST TO YOU. TODAY, IN PARTICULAR, WE HONOR THE VETERANS WHO GAVE THEIR BEST. THEY SERVED SO NOBLY, GAVE SO MUCH, TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND ALL THAT WE HOLD DEAR. "THE DREAM OF A NATION WHERE FREEDOM WOULD ENDURE" WOULD STILL BE ONLY A DREAM IF NOT FOR THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SACRED RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE BELONGS NOT ONLY TO THE WOMEN AND MEN IN UNIFORM. ALL WHO ARE BLESSED BY OUR NATION'S LEGACY HAVE A DUTY TO PRESERVE AND DEFEND IT. AS THE ANTHEM DECLARES, FREEDOM HAS ENDURED THUS FAR THROUGH "THE WORK AND PRAYERS OF CENTURIES," AND THAT'S HOW IT WILL CONTINUE. THAT WORK SURELY INCLUDES STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM AND TAKING SERIOUSLY OUR SHARED CIVIC DUTY. IT MUST INCLUDE SHUNNING CONTENTION, RESPECTING AND VALUING OTHERS, LISTENING TO AND LEARNING FROM THOSE DIFFERENT FROM US, AND SIMPLY BEING NEIGHBORLY AND KIND. IF WE CAN DO THAT, THEN PERHAPS SOMEDAY OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL READ ABOUT US AND FEEL GRATEFUL AND INSPIRED--ATEFUL FOR THE LEGACY WE'VE PASSED ALONG, AND INSPIRED TO PRESERVE IT FOR ANOTHER GENERATION. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ THE WORK AND PRAY'RS OF
CENTURIES HAVE ♪ ♪ BROUGHT US TO THIS DAY; ♪ ♪ WHAT SHALL BE OUR LEGACY,♪ ♪ THE WORK AND PRAY'RS OF
CENTURIES HAVE ♪ ♪ BROUGHT US TO THIS DAY; ♪ ♪ WHAT SHALL BE OUR LEGACY,♪ ♪ WHAT WILL OUR CHILDREN SAY? ♪ ♪ LET THEM SAY OF ME I WAS ONE
WHO BELIEVED IN ♪ ♪ SHARING THE BLESSINGS I
RECEIVED, ♪ ♪ LET THEM KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN
MY DAYS ARE THROUGH, ♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, I GAVE MY
BEST TO YOU. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ EACH GENERATION FROM THE
PLAINS TO THE DISTANT SHORE ♪ ♪ WITH THE GIFTS
THEY WERE GIVEN ♪ ♪ WERE DETERMINED
TO LEAVE MORE. ♪ ♪ VALIANT BATTLES FOUGHT
TOGETHER, ♪ ♪ NETS OF CONSCIENCE FOUGHT
ALONE; ♪ ♪ THESE ARE THE SEEDS
FROM WHICH ♪ ♪ AMERICA HAS GRONWN.♪ ♪ LET THEM SAY OF ME I WAS ONE
WHO BELIEVED IN ♪ ♪ SHARING THE BLESSINGS I
RECEIVED, ♪ ♪ LET THEM KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN
MY DAYS ARE THROUGH, ♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, I GAVE MY
BEST TO YOU. ♪ ♪ FOR THOSE WHO THINK THERE IS
NOTHING TO SHARE, ♪ ♪♪ ♪ FOR THOSE WHO THINK THERE IS
NOTHING TO SHARE, ♪ ♪ WHO FEAR IN THEIR
HEARTS THERE IS ♪ ♪ NO HERO THERE;♪ ♪ KEEP EACH QUIET ACT OF DIGNITY
IS THAT WHICH ♪ ♪ FORTIFIES THE
SOUL OF A NATION ♪ ♪ HAT NEVER DIES ♪ ♪ THAT NEVER DIES ♪ ♪ LET THEM SAY OF ME I WAS ONE
WHO BELIEVED IN ♪ ♪ SHARING THE BLESSINGS I
RECEIVED, ♪ ♪ LET THEM KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN
MY DAYS ARE THROUGH, ♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, I GAVE MY
BEST TO YOU. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, I GAVE MY
BEST TO YOU. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ MINE EYES HAVE SEEN
THE GLORY ♪ ♪ OF THE COMING
OF THE LORD; ♪ ♪ HE IS TRAMPLING
OUT THE VINTAGE ♪ ♪ WHERE THE GRAPES
OF WRATH ARE STORED; ♪ ♪ HE HATH LOOSED
THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING ♪ ♪ OF HIS TERRIBLE
SWIFT SWORD: ♪ ♪ HIS TRUTH
IS MARCHING ON. ♪ ♪ GLORIA! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORIA! ♪ ♪ GLORY'! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORIA! GLORIA! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORIA! ♪ ♪ HIS TRUTH
IS MARCHING ON! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I HAVE SEEN HIM
IN THE WATCHFIRES ♪ ♪ OF A HUNDRED
CIRCLING CAMPS; ♪ ♪ THEY HAVE BUILDED
HIM AN ALTAR ♪ ♪ IN THE EVENING
DEWS AND DAMPS; ♪ ♪ I CAN READ
HIS RIGHTEOUS SENTENCE ♪ ♪ IN THE DIM
AND FLARING LAMPS, ♪ ♪ HIS DAY
IS MARCHING ON! ♪ ♪ TRUTH IS MARCHING. ♪ ♪ TRUTH IS MARCHING. ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ HIS TRUTH
IS MARCHING ON. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ IN THE BEAUTY
OF THE LILIES, ♪ ♪ CHRIST WAS BORN
ACROSS THE SEA, ♪ ♪ WITH A GLORY
IN HIS BOSOM ♪ ♪ THAT TRANSFIGURES
YOU AND ME: ♪ ♪ AS HE DIED
TO MAKE MEN HOLY, ♪ ♪ LET US LIVE
TO MAKE MEN FREE, ♪ ♪ WHILE GOD
IS MARCHING ON. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ HIS TRUTH
IS MARCHING ON! ♪ ♪♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ GLORY! GLORY!
HALLELUJAH! ♪ ♪ HIS TRUTH
IS MARCHING ON! ♪ ♪ A-MEN! ♪ ♪ A-MEN! ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AT TEMPLE SQUARE FOR THIS VETERAN'S DAY SPECIAL, ORIGINATING FROM HISTORIC TEMPLE SQUARE IN SALT LAKE CITY. PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN FOR MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU... THIS DAY AND ALWAYS. ♪ GOD BE WITH YOU
TILL WE MEET AGAIN; ♪ ♪ BY HIS COUNSELS GUIDE,
UPHOLD YOU; ♪ ♪ WITH HIS SHEEP
SECURELY FOLD YOU. ♪ ♪ GOD BE WITH YOU
TILL WE MEET AGAIN. ♪♪ CLOSED CAPTIONING BY
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