We Stand For The National Anthem

It s important to be clear on one important note.

We stand for the national anthem.

During the first week of basketball s return many eyes were on isaac the only player to stand during the national anthem and one of the only players not to wear a black lives matter t shirt. Mike harmon racing is feeling patriotic. On the other hand i really do recognize the times we re in. The point i am making is that when we stand up for the playing of the national anthem it is not necessarily the song or the flag that we are standing up presenting reverence.

This is why we stand for the national anthem. The lyrics come from the defence of fort m henry a poem written on september 14 1814 by 35 year old lawyer and amateur poet francis scott key after witnessing the bombardment of fort mchenry by british ships of the royal navy in baltimore harbor during the battle of baltimore in the war of 1812. For those who died so we could remain free. It marks the first trip to indiana during independence day weekend previously held at daytona.

The star spangled banner is the national anthem of the united states. When we stand for the national anthem or any time we see an american flag waving in a parade or on a street corner we aren t doing it for ourselves. In 2017 president trump honored the us military and the men and women who serve their country. This weekend two race cars will feature we stand for the national anthem paint schemes at the indianapolis motor speedway nascar is heading to the indianapolis motor speedway.

The raiders began their new era as the las vegas raiders by standing for the national anthem. Advertisement story continues below. While the las vegas raiders stood for our nation s song eight members of the carolina panthers knelt for the national anthem and nine others raised their fists. We stand for those who paid the ultimate price.

We all do understand where i stand relative to the national anthem and the flag jones said. We stand for soldiers who initially inspired our national anthem such as william williams a runaway slave who later died after having his leg blown off as part of the 38th u s.