The Amazing National Anthem Performance That Kicked Off The 2024 Democratic National Convention

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[@Wendylynnpickett35-eq7su]

For the first time in a long time I have hope for democracy Vote blue

[@danreedphotoandvideo]

A very important reminder that America is for ALL Americans!!!

[@vw1649]

Yes, indeed. I just how People remember that when it comes to voting.

[@toni3901]

@@danreedphotoandvideo Amen

[@jacquesrock7102]

This is the spirit of Amerrica.

[@vw1649]

Yes, it is....

[@GEOMETRICINK]

There’s no better sound than a children’s choir. Lovely.

[@sheldonjohnston3583]

Go ahead Walt Whitman my big brother... and the legendary Soul Children Choir Of Chicago!!! You've made us proud once again!!

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

yes you did....just imagine all the hertiage on thier shoulders....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musicians_from_Chicago

[@BronsteinEmily]

just beautiful!

[@Jimo1956]

That's how true patriots sing the national anthem. Wel, well done.

[@StepenAvenue]

Oh my word, oh my word, oh my word. There are no words, watching from London, and this is what is missing from your country. Unity, democracy, and patriotism with a bit of passion thrown in. Beautiful!❤

[@GrantWitham]

I'm an old Canadian and they made me cheer & cry! (Save the world Kamala)

[@MsBerries25]

Yess!!!!

[@titusmaximus7278]

Thank you, Grant

[@teishahickman2108]

She doesn't have to save the world. That weight doesn't need to be placed on her shoulders.

[@redwoods7370]

@@GrantWitham Thank you Canada. Your support means the world to us.

[@clmhK5]

I was teary eyed too

[@dorothyesked1802]

Pride and joy for the United States of America. Beautiful voices....thank you. 😊

[@suruha2306]

I must have gotten something in my eye.

[@BurkBernard]

Lmbo

[@AMtwoG]

me too! they were slicing onions in the video :) LOVED IT!

[@sharonkaysnowton]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Well done Soul Children of Chicago!!!

[@beachcomber4141]

Great way to kick off this convention!

[@svenski88]

That's freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have HOPE when I hear this song from REAL AMERICANS!!! LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!

[@JBillman]

Amazing! Gave me chills!

[@keithfleming6019]

@@JBillman Me 2

[@twilightzone-ex-hostage1997]

AMAZING, JUST SIMPLY AMAZING!! HOPE AND JOY

[@erikalee9548]

Right up there with Whitney singing the national anthem! God bless these children and God bless the USA!

[@anitaleary5109]

That was a fantastic performance, and it was a lot of fun to watch! Good job everyone!

[@NanciNewton]

It sure was nice to feel pride and emotional again when hearing our national anthem. The Soul Choir was exceptional! 💙🩵💙

[@tman9517]

Beautiful 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@lanelane6808]

I'm not CRYIN' your CRYIN'💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@staylor824]

Someone brought onions in the office! 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@nf3982]

No way!! You are crying…Not me!!!😢😢

[@violimo]

I had tears and I'm Australian.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

you misspelled HUMAN.....😍🥰

[@patriciasweeton1358]

Sounds like the world is feeling the love.

[@chocolatesouljah]

This is the first time the national anthem made me cry!

[@fr57ujf]

How moving to see these young black kids singing with all their hearts for America despite its horrible history of slavery and Jim Crow. There could be no greater contrast with the MAGA message of repression and hate.

[@heymsvicki983]

​@@fr57ujf That's the beauty of the song. Those that lived and fought through slavery and Jim crow are also the Brave they so passionately sing about. 🇺🇸

[@karamia1392]

Inspirational.❤❤❤❤❤

[@BlinkyIII]

Beautiful!

[@EACNUT]

Very well done

[@JackThompson-ww7ci]

That is the story of our country. Beautiful directing and singing.

[@hollib3900]

Thank you so much for sharing this! My parents had missed it, so I was able to send this replay to them.❤

[@harvestnoelcrawford7026]

Alrighty who's cutting onions😢

[@wandaclark2649]

I think something got in my eyes and the tears are trying to wash it out. So full of pride for this choir!!! Would love to see these children perform at President Kamala's inauguration.

[@staylor824]

I'm not crying.....you're crying! 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@Psss1122]

The Soul Children sang the best version of the National Anthem I ever heard! ❤❤❤❤

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

This made me cry, and not just because it was a beautiful performance. It made me cry because we are waking up to the heaps of narcissistic abuse that this country has had to take from within its Congressional chambers, let alone the Oval Office. We've seen the ugliness that is Christo-fascism's adherents attempting to dismantle our Constitution and government and replace it with something far too akin to Hitler and Mussolini's doings, to say nothing of a modern equivalent in Kim Jong-Un. This is us, taking back our power after realizing it is being stolen from us, bit by bit. And we are saying "Oh, hell no!" When decent Republicans are actually lining up to join us Democrats to preserve our country's dignity, you know just how dastardly and sinister this Project 2025 is. And these kids singing our national anthem is poignant as heck, because as cheesy as it might sound to others, we need to vote for their future.

[@derekramsaroup3883]

That absolutely gave me chills ..and i am a Brit ! ...

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

you misspelled HUMAN.....

[@penelopesheehan5927]

There’s our future. We’re not going back.

[@JackThompson-ww7ci]

The Future of our USA. Love of our country. Harris Walz 2024.

[@JuliaJulia007]

So proud. I'm from the generation where we started every school day singing our national anthem 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@JC-tp5lz]

@@JuliaJulia007 I remember starting the school day with reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. It was a beautiful thing. Do the schools still do that? If not....they should.

[@BurkBernard]

@@JC-tp5lzchildren should not be pledging allegiance to anyone.

[@elizabetholiviaclark]

@@JC-tp5lz They really shouldn't. See West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943). At any rate, it's just wrong to force children to pledge allegiance to something they can't yet fully understand.

[@JC-tp5lz]

@@BurkBernard Would you rather they bow to a statue of Putin or Kim Jon Un every morning?! I can think of a lot worse things for children to do than Pledge their Allegiance to the "home of the free, and the land of the brave"!

[@JC-tp5lz]

@@elizabetholiviaclark Elizabeth, look at the "date" of that antiquated case...1943! That's exactly why we're in the mess we are in today, with a corrupt SC and a convicted felon and insurrectionist, running for president! We have never updated these old, antiquated laws and precedents!

[@ProudPapaw88]

Absolutely beautiful!! 💙💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@debbiehanson9201]

I'd like to give a shout out not just to the kids in the choir, who were terrific, but to their amazing director. I've sung in a lot of choirs, and it's so wonderful to have a director with that level of enthusiasm. It really lifts up the spirits of the choir members and improves their performance as a result.

[@patriciarouse16]

Superb. The director is an artist who has delivered excellence.

[@MyssSunshynebabii]

THEY DID THAT ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@clmhK5]

Wow. I felt that.

[@evelynargueta490]

Beautiful voices and heartfelt..

[@Rell-z9k]

They were amazing

[@BennilocoLoves]

💖🥹🙏 Sounds like love, hope, and promise! Beautiful job, kiddo's! 🥰💙🇺🇸✊️

[@patriciasweeton1358]

How much better than the best can you get? As I have water in my eyes! More hope and strength in our country. Crying, not crying.

[@maryanderson9191]

AWESOME💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@patriciamcneal2847]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Beautiful

[@larryduncan4071]

Whitney would be soooooo proud!!!

[@Lisaloves6mill]

My heart is full of hope after hearing these kids sing. WOW!

[@jennyeknox8037]

When I was in high school, I traveled with a patriotic & spiritual singing group across America, performing in VA hospitals & nursing homes. I sang our National Anthem several times per week, but I have never heard a better & more moving performance than these young people gave. That was amazingly beautiful! Thank you so much for that! 🩵🗽🎆🇺🇸🩵 Harris Walz 2024!

[@StephanieWivell]

Absolutely perfect, well done kids!

[@mommabear8260]

Beautifully done

[@grandrapladyakaamb2438]

Tears of joy and hope, THAT OUR FLAGS STILL WAVES

[@elizabetholiviaclark]

Man, those kids were great. This is a memory they'll be sharing with their grandchildren.

[@DannyEastVillage]

why why WHY was that so moving? tears are pouring out of my face....!

[@juliesiefke1173]

@@DannyEastVillage Because they sing it like they believe it. Passionately.

[@patriciarouse16]

You know you are not alone again. What a relief . Our flag our intention ours!

[@jackrusso5103]

Amazing

[@vw1649]

Gave me chills.... Very, very nice.

[@angela-bx6gu]

Wow brings tears to my eyes my adopted country 🇺🇸this 70 yrs old will fight for DEMOCRACY 💙💙💙

[@veronicamitchell7423]

Beautifully song, just beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing.

[@CPAndy-x5x]

Reverent and patriotic yet jubilant! I keep replaying it!

[@michelleo8499]

Gosh! I’ll admit that I’m super critical of singers of the Star Spangled Banner, but these young men and women put tears in my eyes. They were great!

[@jacobmiller2663]

@@michelleo8499 how do you feel about Whitney’s from many years ago?

[@douglasrasmussen480]

How many times have we been at an event, a baseball game, a concert, another event, where the Star Spangled Banner has been played and it is just a perfunctory delay before the real entertainment starts....I must admit I have. But in hearing these marvelous young people sing I was deeply stirred and the values of democracy and sacrifice flooded me. There have been great renditions of the anthem, but none equal to the call inspired by these young singers.

[@chariwater1]

Chills. Awesomeness.

[@penn532]

So proud of these young people!!!!!❤

[@karenwoodland578]

Joy & Hope !!! Beautiful.

[@kathrynkent5259]

Bravo!!! Thank you. V💙TE BLUE

[@Helmuesi911]

🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸 *2024*

[@conniecheston6768]

This overwhelmed me! What a beautiful blessing to have this love of country on full display. Congratulations to DNC for last night’s program! Vote Blue in 24!!!!

[@cathyleslie5151]

WOW!!! That was amazing!

[@waltmoore3095]

"Is someone slicing onions again"? Inspiring!

[@carolynsaunders2494]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@wanderingyoutube]

Sounds like joy and hope

[@SoulSeeker302]

Wow! Thank you for posting this. I missed it.

[@sallyforth7232]

Goosebumps

[@meredithheath5272]

That was absolutely amazing- what an interesting ending, too! Awesome!

[@Slgreenbean]

I wasn't ready for 1:09. Sing from your hearts little children, sing.

[@donnamoore246]

Absolutely beautiful 🎉

[@wandabrewer]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥

[@jenna2431]

Oh can you just hear the whining right now..... Beautiful interpretation of this song with the theme of a new way forward. Such musicianship!

[@N8huff]

This was a production of a performance! Masterful timing and crowd work throughout, even the switch up parallel to American history

[@klmh2808]

Amazing!

[@rhondaroberts7275]

WOW ❤ WOW 🔥 WOW ❤️🔥❤️

[@anastaciabeckles5911]

AWESOME!!!

[@dianehilty7590]

This is absolutely beautiful!

[@michaelmcdermott7987]

Outstanding

[@adey126]

Goosebumps since Whitney. Blessings.

[@ramonaschuler4134]

Yyyyyeeesss!!❤❤❤

[@nitajean9885]

thank you

[@brendajefferson5984]

These children are awesome and I’ve followed them for many, many years❤❤❤❤. Now that’s how you do it, Soul Children of Chicago!!!👏🏽👏🏼👏🏽👏🏼😃😃💙💙💙💙💙

[@reeson1968]

That was a national anthem with some flavor. Beautiful!

[@Alysbar]

Spectacular!!!

[@angelaconley9444]

Show up and SHOW OUT 👏

[@cattuslavandula]

O wow, I missed this. Beautiful! The young people did a great job, as did their Director Sir Dr. Walt W Whitman, Jr.

[@skyeyellowhorse]

OMG! What a perfect and joyful way to start this beautiful new chapter for our country. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙 I've saved this stream so I can feel the joy and pride over and over. 😁 Thank you!

[@accuratax]

I am so so proud to call my self and an American of the United States of America! Wow! Thank you for that!

[@patriciarouse16]

Exactly. Bravo! O O O!!!

[@godweenkatie]

This was legitimately the best rendition I’ve ever heard. Congratulations, Soul Children Choir!

[@elizabethschodel1423]

Wow that was absolutely amazing, these children have voices like angels God loves them, the love and the strength from these children should show the whole world how much children love their country even after all the bad history they still love their home and their country, I'm not an American I'm an Australian and I even got goosebump😮s from their beautiful performance

[@jeanLance-b7p]

IAM EMOTIONAL' OH' GOD' YES' 'FREEDOM,

[@luvergirl416]

That was amazing! ❤ I’d love to hear that at the inauguration of Kamala Harris.

[@Mindthatbiz]

THE ONLY NATIONAL ANTHEM THAT I WILL LISTEN TOO OTHER THAN WHITNEY HOUSTON at the Super Bowl. Both freaking amazing. Love seeing black people thrive in their craft especially kids. Madam president thank you for giving them the platform💙💙🥲

[@MarshallThurgoodk2e]

That was unbelievably awesome!

[@Kiara00134]

👏🏾💙They were phenomenal.🥳👏🏾

[@davidgriffith6627]

Wow.

[@NaturalMonty]

The Soul Children of Chicago...they were outstanding!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@abcxyz1797]

So much pride in my heart, it might burst my chest! Awesome, rendition, BRAVO!