America, The Beautiful

My oldest son had the opportunity to participate in a concert with 11 other schools from our state, at Symphony Hall. The final song that all the schools sang was America the Beautiful. There were at least 500 students, maybe closer to 750. There is only one school that you can see on stage, the rest are sitting in the first 20-30 rows in the audience. It brought tears to my eyes, to hear our children singing this song. During a time, when it seems our country is struggling, this song helps me to remember, how blessed we are to live in America. I am so grateful for the Freedoms we have here, and know that we have them because of the men and women that fought for our freedoms and died for them. Both my Grandfathers served in WW2, my father was in the Army, my husband in the Marines, and my youngest brother currently serves in the Navy. How grateful I am for men like them, that are willing to defend the freedoms that God intended this country to have. I only got half of the song, before my battery died, but I hope you can feel the love and reverence for our country that these children sang with.