Brad Singing at Mission Bbq (Version 2)

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This is a second video of yours truly, Brad Mann, singing our national anthem at the Mission Bbq in Louisville, Kentucky.
As I said in my description of the first video, it occurs every day at precisely 12:00 noon at all locations and it was recorded by my friend, who is one of the employees there.
It is my way of showing you and others who view this how grateful I am to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ for this country, along with all of those brave men who have fought and given their lives, so that folks like me can have the right and freedom, even to express my beliefs and opinions and to point you to Him. If you'd like to know more about who Jesus is and what He has done, I encourage you to visit:
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and scroll down to the description section.
Also, in case you've forgotten or are not familiar with the story behind our national anthem, I'd like to share it with you.
On September 13, 1814, during the War of 1812, British naval forces began an attack on Fort McHenry, which is located near Baltimore. As the battle raged, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key, along with one other American man, were said to have been detained on a British warship and it was from there where Key and his friend watched the battle.
As the day turned into night, in addition to hearing the deafening explosions of the bombs, they could see the brightness of the British rockets lighting up the sky.
The next morning at daybreak, the fighting finally stopped. Key looked out over the fort's ramparts and although it was tattered and torn, he saw the American flag still waving over the fort and he was so moved and so grateful for the men who had fought and given their lives in this attack, that he began to write some poetry.
This piece of poetry was originally entitled "The Defense of Fort McHenry," but later, it became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Key's text was then set to an old British drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven" and as time passed, the song became more and more popular and it wasn't until March 3 of 1931, when "the Star-Spangled Banner" was officially declared our national anthem.
Plus, at the 0:46 mark, I invite you to join me and my friend in the pledge of allegiance and the anthem itself begins at the 1:26 mark.
(lyrics)
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
o'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
May God bless the United States of America.

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@chriswest1467 3 ай бұрын

Awesome singing voice! God has given you a wonderful talent!!!😊

@mannbradmusic 3 ай бұрын

Thank you and I don't know if you're aware of this, but I'm partially blind and if I may, I'd like to share this with you: In case you may not be that familiar with the Bible, which is our Lord's written Word, In the first three verses of the 9th chapter of the book of John, Jesus is passing by and He comes across a man who is born blind. His disciples ask Him whether or not this man's blindness is a result of his sin or that of his parents, but in reply, He makes it clear to them that it is neither. It is so that the power of God might be displayed through him and what I'm able to get out of this particular passage is that I may never know exactly why the Lord allowed me to be born with this blindness, but all I can do is simply trust that it was part of His sovereign plan and He had good purposes for it.