Fourth of July Special (Live at West Point) - Music & The Spoken Word

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square Strings, and United States Military Academy Band at West Point present a Music and the Spoken Word Fourth of July Special: “Defending Independence.”
The special concert was performed at the United States Military Academy at West Point, on the Hudson River in New York.
1. America, the Dream Goes On
2. Cohan's Big Three
3. The Stars and Stripes Forever
4. America the Beautiful
5. Resourcefulness and Ingenuity (Spoken Word)
6. Armed Forces Medley
7. Battle Hymn of the Republic

Resourcefulness and Ingenuity
Sometimes life’s most difficult problems can be solved in the most unexpected ways. In fact, even when a situation seems downright hopeless, a little resourcefulness and ingenuity can lead to surprising solutions.
This truth was illustrated in dramatic fashion during the American Revolution, when a fledgling nation struggled to assert its independence against one of the great military powers of the time. What the American soldiers lacked in training and resources they made up for with determined ingenuity.
One great example of that ingenuity took place not far from here, near what is now the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point. During the Revolutionary War, this bend in the Hudson River became a key point of defense. They knew that if they could defend the river, they could defend themselves. So to prevent British ships from passing, they blocked the waterway with every obstacle they could think of: logs, underwater spikes, and even sunken vessels.
The revolutionaries didn’t have a lot of resources, but it just so happened that only a few miles from West Point was one of the largest iron deposits in the world. They determined to use that iron to make a massive chain and stretch it from bank to bank to make the river impassable. Under the direction of General George Washington, in a manufacturing feat that would be remarkable even by today’s standards, they built a 500-yard chain in six short weeks. Each link in the massive chain was two to three inches thick and two to three feet long. Men worked on seven forges and ten welding fires around the clock to complete the 65-ton chain and place it underwater. The huge chain held and effectively blocked passage on the Hudson River for the rest of the war. Now memorialized here at West Point, this piece of the chain reminds us of the ingenuity and determination of those early patriots.
It is also a reminder that when we have our own personal waterways to defend, when we face our own insurmountable odds, we can find safety and strength in doing our best with what we have, in working with resourcefulness and ingenuity to find solutions to our most difficult problems.
Episode 4633. Aired July 1, 2018. (Live from West Point)

[@davidinwashington]

Watching on Independence Day 2024. God bless the USA! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@sobom]

My heart still fully patriotic with this special! I am not ameican, but I feel all this patriotism inside of me! Love it!

[@SingerGuy59]

The morning started out very rainy, and it didn't look like this was going to work. By afternoon things cleared up and it was nearly perfect weather by concert time. Great memories of this day.

[@jozetteswensen5526]

My beloved. Hour all my life I love you thank you for sharing all your talented and time. Just beautiful, Heavenly. I am privlaledge to live on the earth during these beautiful people, my people. I just love it all.

[@aliciaballard402]

The spoken word for the 4th of July and the beautiful choir The Tabernacle choir

[@lindamoses3697]

Wonderful!!! Appropriate. God bless the USA and protect her and the Armed Services.

[@wm9137]

Get rid of all the public officials in Washington DC put some God-fearing man in there

[@azianwonder]

Wow! Amazing voices....very captivating... Much Love from the country Philippines.

[@000Responses]

Damn...happy 4th of July to my friends across the Pacific! May the US-Australia Alliance always remain strong!

[@davidmecham1132]

I am eternally grateful to our founding fathers who brought forth a new nation based on the principles of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I salute the choir and military for honoring these rights and privileges and for furthering the cause of freedom in America and throughout the world!

[@marilynstevens7311]

Well said

[@gerimagala2839]

Greatness for our Country! Raise tha Flag 🙌 🙏 👏

[@gerimagala2839]

God Bless the Marines! Always!! 😅😢🎉😂❤😊😮

[@georgehazzard3514]

Peaceful unto your home and precious families our precious brother's and sister's, we love you all because OUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S LOVES you all the first, IN JESUS CHRIST NAME THROUGHOUT TO OUR PRECIOUS LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER'S AMEN AMEN AND AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@contact3604]

Beautiful! And congratulations for given a wonderful tribute of an ever growing nation. Happy 4th of July 2019🎊🎉🎇🎶😊😉🙏🎈👍🌵🌽☀🗽 Moira From England.

[@dgatkinson98686]

I am so glad we have the recordings from 2019 and before now that the choir is not performing live due to Covid19. I wonder now how long it will be before we meet again? How ever long that be, God be with you!

[@stevenmorrison7266]

👏💟To Choir_Mac Welberg _Loyld Newell Thank-You For A Awesome 4th Of July Concert God BE With You Til We Meet Again BRO STEVEN MORRISON Sparks,Nevada

[@neptunemorales5292]

I'm from the Philippines. Wooooow! The choirs are well coordinated. It gives me chill! I love it! Hurray to you all!

[@dougtoth1331]

hello from the USA...God Bless!

[@cwilson6990]

Hello from Nashville TN 🙂

[@deliacespon5370]

I am from the Philippines, too! I just love and enjoy 4th of July celebrations, specially this time with the Tabernacle Choir! I just love watching this over and over! May God continually bless us all with happiness, peace and harmony!

[@norberthiesgen3896]

Still the best choir in the world 🌍

[@heden1460]

So, so awesome. I wish I could have been there in person.

[@katep55]

An awesome tribute to this great country and those who help(ed) make her great! God Bless America!

[@andymckane7271]

America's Choir on the campus of one of my favorite institutions of higher learning! Thank you! Perhaps sometime in the next few years we can get you over to Oahu to perform your magic on the 7th of December. The 80th anniversary, in less than two and a half years, would be most appropriate, in my opinion! Thank you all for such a wonderful performance!

[@cwilson6990]

Just beautiful ❤️ I've shared with many of my sisters brothers today , special way to enjoy our great country on 4th of July 🇺🇸 God bless the USA 🇺🇸🙏

[@sherriclark3041]

Absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Thank you all so very much. May the Lord’s choiced blessings

[@111jdr]

Wow, just WOW. Beautiful!!!

[@princesskristayork8869]

How awesome that they got to be there. My father is a Graduate of that school '50. and went into the Air force after

[@a.f.3996]

How awesome to watch my mom sing in the choir ❤️

[@deliacespon5370]

Congratulations!

[@jerryolasiman1458]

Very nice and beautiful

[@soundxcrash]

really enjoyed they uploaded the full thing 24:33 Really loved this part beautiful the arrangment was amazing the silence over come by the lyrics and the power that the men brought and they declared the freedom of what we fought for and the women which enhanced the beauty of it. Truly love the influence god had for this country and how our founding fathers were inspired by him to make this country to have liberty ,freedom and the pursuit for happiness god really strengthens u even song can do that . I really enjoy that the army tries to inspired the spirit of the warrior that they have . these soldiers and future may they always prevail

[@theidahooutlaw]

“As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free! While God is marching on!” Such a powerful phrase. God bless the United States of America 🇺🇸

[@georgefelty6357]

Grey and gloomy days can end up bright and cheerful!

[@davidlemon7543]

What an amazing program. Perhaps my favorite music and spoken word ever.

[@lraulston6622]

Absolutely wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing this with all of us! God Bless America!!!!!

[@ednaminton9637]

I, am greatful for my freedom& the U. S. A. I, had alot who served OUR Country,even in the REVO. war. ❤🎉😂😂

[@koolertrek]

God our Father please continue to bless this amazing country! 🙏

[@dianaknight8020]

I wish you could put it back on the BYU TV because I don't WONT to be on my phone an my tablet all the time . Love a member of the church, The church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Santa. Love Sister Diana Knight 🍯🐝🍯🐝🍯🐝💗🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🎆✨🎇🎆✨🎇🎆✨🎆🎉🎊🗽🎉🎊🗽🎉🎊🗽

[@Traceman002]

Thank you...a blessed song that isn't sung enough anymore.

[@jaymemangano1154]

Magnificent heaven great choice of a song a very powerful Athem.🇺🇸!

[@lauriesmith3443]

God bless us to remain strong and united. This land is worth fighting for. May I do my part. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ldyoung7938]

Love it! Thank you very much and thank you for your patriotism!

[@aletaklein484]

Happy 4th of July! Beautiful!

[@kkasaoti218]

Very.very.nice

[@Lorac73]

Very beautiful. Carol from Australia

[@beccamahan5655]

Complexities and color combinations with talent here,reminding me of a card of three children sitting on a roadside holding little flags while watching a summer parade.Sad times being the person whom sent me this is my father now in hospice.

[@deliacespon5370]

I pray for his blessings!

[@SandraMaraCarvalhodeMelo]

The Tarbenacle Choir at Temple Square ,one blessed celebrate .God bless USA

[@kobidog4432]

may our God continue bless America the land of restoration and bless the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

[@carolynbosil1344]

No other groups could pay such tribute to our beautiful & blessed America 🇺🇸

[@andrewethington114]

I can never get enough of this. Truly the United States of America is a God-blessed nation. And... Go Army!

[@Wannabecrafting247]

WOW! I loved the story about the chain!!!

[@SweetAngel-wr6zl]

I love those angelic voice from mormon tabernacle choir

[@deliacespon5370]

Thank you!

[@DK640OBrianYT]

Fanstastic. I'm enjoying this immensely.

[@eduardoseganti6933]

AMAZING...... I Just shared with some friends

[@lindstheteacher1611]

Listening to this on the 4th! Can’t wait to hear this years program.

[@jaymemangano1154]

Fantastic.

[@judithbenton1475]

Always wonderful!!!

[@catstevens9217]

♥️. Sounds beautiful to me!!

[@ibecelestine4094]

Great!

[@natanpic]

May GOD bless this Great Nation United States of America in this July,4th.....

[@judyhuffman6334]

Fantastic!

[@matildewosnjuk7508]

So beautiful! So powerful! So proud!

[@Wannabecrafting247]

WOW! The piccolo player was phenomenal!

[@eduardoseganti6933]

Thank u so much

[@deborahkatrinawarner9719]

Thank you...BEAUTIFUL!

[@katherinem.4414]

A beautiful tribute to our nation, and all who worked and fought to preserve our freedoms. We need to fight to save our U.S. Constitution now….may we learn about it, and stand for the right in all things, and all places.

[@cwilson6990]

May God bless all of you.too my brothers sisters 🇺🇸♥️🙏

[@francheskamontinola4462]

FOURTH OF JULY SPECIAL ( Live at West Point) MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD " Defending Independence" AMERICA...AMERICA....- LET THE DREAM GOES ON........so the Mormon Tabernacle Choir resonates loud and clear along with other patriotic songs so dear to the heart of every American- in red, white and blue, standing at Trophy Point in the grounds of West Point New York for the Fourth of July Special Concert. With the Orchestra at Temple Square Strings and the Brass Ensemble of the United States Military Açademy Band at West Point, delivering a flawless symphonic orchestration to accompany the forceful rendition of the well- blended voices of several hundreds of men and women of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, truly captured the spirit of partriotism in every red-blooded American soldier who has served and is still serving his country, such that as the ARMED FORCES MEDLEY is played, he stands in resolute dedication with his hand salute...with every ounce of allegiance to fight for America's Independence and Freedom at all costs!!! Truly this is an inspiration and encouragement to every West Point cadet in attendance, brave men and women in Gray, ready and strong to stand in the battlefields of war for their country!!! As THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC is ably performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; with the soulful chorus of GLORY...GLORY ALLELUIA....and shouts of..."LET US LIVE TO MAKE MEN FREE"..... ....let the STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER wave over our beloved country...." FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA"... Every freedom-loving American fervently prays.... GOD BLESS A- M- E - R- I - C-A ..our home sweet home!!!!

[@cwilson6990]

Me extra special ,my Dad served in The United States Air Force , for over 30 years , 🇺🇸 Defending us so long in Cold War many Countries States yes I traveled a lot , Dad did until he till.he Retired in 1981 , we lost him in Dec 1015 ,

[@deliacespon5370]

My salute to your dad and your family!

[@KathyVitters]

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir @ West Point- magnificent, patriotic, & inspiring. Thanks to all!

[@carolswarbrick1722]

Oh its a wonderful country. You have so much? We love you. 🇬🇧✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️ 12:40

[@lisanef04]

I bet that was such an experience to be singing the Army’s part is the Armed Forces theme’s and to have those at West Point singing back to you! I bet it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and also unforgettable. If you have ever watched the movie about this tour, the choir wasn’t told were they were going till they were on their way up to West Point. They had been doing an North-East U.S. tour and it was one location that wasn’t told at the beginning of the tour.

[@carolswarbrick1722]

What an absolute peach of a production, l can't believe l sang so well, phew love to you each. 🇬🇧 28:02

[@marcboberg8640]

My favorite Tabernacle Choir concert of all time - the scene is perfect on the heights overlooking the Hudson River with Cadets, cannons, fireworks, and of course patriotic music. Brilliantly done!

[@quentinkimber7791]

Love AMERICA'S choir!

[@jamesmorrison3641]

Could Scotland be doingthisin a copleof years?

[@mrmanor101]

Such an American church, you don’t seem to celebrate any other county!!

[@nancyarchibald9095]

Well, it's OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY celebration today. It's the PERFECT day to celebrate AMERICA. Even so, this is the LORD'S true church upon this earth.

[@deseretfire6093]

Defending Independence. The Spirit of ‘76 emanates here and yes, also, the entire world over and around. This program displays values and traditions important for a world in spiritual and moral warfare. Stretching back across the years to 1776, this blessed nation displayed miraculously a new way for the world to move forward. No longer should mankind be subjected to injustices of monarchy and unrighteous dominion of aristocracy-self serving governments that beat down the people. Follow the precedence set by America’s Founding Fathers. Cast off the shackles of tyranny that breeds commotion, death, and destruction in all lands and nations across the globe. Make government of the people, by the people, and for the people a standard for all lands and nations. Celebrate freedom and defend independence and fight for fundamental human rights and living in all lands and nations. That’s what celebrating the Spirit of ‘76 is all about.

[@dgatkinson98686]

Look harder! This choir celebrates good music from all sources, not just those from and about America.

[@MariaGSalinas-c6f]

Glory Glory Aleluya ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ManoelIsidroManoelIsidro]

MARAVILHOSO

[@bettykochman8105]

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