001Good morning, Lafia family. >> Good morning. >> Let's try this again. Good morning, Lafayette. I'd like to welcome you to our annual Veterans Day concert. Our Lafayette School treble makers chorus over there and our select violin ensemble have worked extremely hard to put this beautiful Veterans Day concert for us. I'm so happy that you were able to join our school community this morning in honoring the brave in expressing gratitude for the sacrifices and service of all who served in the United States Armed Forces. Before we begin, we'd like to just acknowledge some of our veterans in the space here. If there are any veterans, if you wouldn't mind standing up, we'd like to give you a little applause and honor you. Okay, family members. Well, we appreciate everyone that has served in the United States
002Armed Force. Um, before we begin, I'd like to give a special thank you to Superintendent William Hart and his team for their continued support in our music department. Thank you to our school committee members, and of course, a special thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Kashmar, Mrs. Pska [applause] and Miss Delin for organizing this beautiful concert. Um, we hope you enjoy and happy Veterans Day. [applause] Welcome to our program. We gather here today to honor and thank all of America's military veterans. We hope you enjoy our presentation and we are so happy you can join us at Lafayette School this morning. On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key saw the American flag waving in the breeze after the defeat at Fort Mckenry. The sight of her flag standing tall in the aftermath of war inspired
003him to write a poem titled the fence of Fort Mckenry. Later, this poem was set to music and the name was changed to the Star Spangled Banner. On March 3rd, 1931, Congress proclaimed the Star Spangled Banner as our national anthem. To help school children honor America and the flag of the United States, Francis Bellamy wrote the pledge of allegiance in 1892. Please join us in reciting the pledge of allegiance and remain standing for the playing of our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner performed by our Lafayette Select String Ensemble. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music]
004>> Got it. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [applause] >> [applause] >> How was that? Veterans Day is a very important holiday in our country for it honors all men and women living and dead who bravely served our country in one of the United States Armed Forces. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day, in the 11th month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After 4 years of bitter war, the Allied powers signed an agreement called an armistice. This action brought World War I to an end. November 11th, 1919 was set aside as the armistice day in the United States to remember the sacrifices that our armed forces made during the time of World War I. >> [snorts] >> Hello everybody. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat.
005>> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [applause] Heat. [applause] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> I need [music] [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Oh my god, that's a Thank you very much. Just kidding. That's the only change between the violin. [music] Yes. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Hello. [music] [music] Hello. >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. Our [music] Mist Day officially received its name in in the United States in 1926. 12 years later, our Mistice Day became a national holiday. Then in 1938, 20 years after World War I, it became a federal holiday. The town's people in Emporia, Kansas, called the holiday Veterans Day in 1953. They did this so that all of the veterans living in
006their own in their town could be honored for their sacrifice. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11th as Veterans Day to honor all the veterans who served our country. Every year, November 11th, we honor the men and women who make this country the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> [music] >> You're a brand [singing] flag. You're a [music] high five. And forever peace away. [music] You're [singing] the end I love. The land I love. The home of the free [music] and the brave. Every heart be true in the red, white, and blue. with [music] a gold star. [music] Here I am. I'm a Yankee Doodle [music] D. A doodle or die. [music] I love my [singing] dance. Born on the 4th [music] of July. Yankee doodle sweetheart. She's
007my Yankee Doodle [music] riding [singing] on a pony. I am a Yankeeoodle [music] boy. [music] Oh beautiful [singing] for spacious skies forever [music] of rain for [music and singing] purple mountainsty [music] [singing] [music] on thee. >> [music] >> with brother to shining [music] sea. Oh, [singing] beautiful for patient that se [music] [singing] I [music] love [music] And his Christ. [music] [applause] >> [applause] >> We can never fully repay our debt of gratitude to over 667,000 American service members who have died in battle. We can't repay over 1.4 4 million service members who were wounded in the line of duty. >> We can however recognize, honor, and thank more than 2.5 million veterans still living today. Today, it is our privilege and honor to say thank you to all of America's military veterans, >> to let
008them know that we appreciate them and their families for their sacrifices. >> [music] >> A m e r [singing] i c. I love America every day. [music] If you love America [singing] like I do, you can sing a song and I'll sing [music] with you. Oh, I love America. Oh, I love [music] America. Oh, I love America. [music] [music] A M E R I C A I love [music and singing] America every day. If you love America [music] like [singing] I do, you can sing a song and I'll sing [music] with you. Oh, I love America. Oh, I love [music] America. Oh, I love America. [music] Oh, I love America. Oh, I love [music] America. [music] >> [music] >> I [applause] the price in freedom is high. We cannot forget to afford to forget those
009who are willing to pay. >> The red poppy is a nationally recognized symbol of sacrifice worn by Americans since World War I to honor those who served and died for our country in all wars. It reminds Americans of the sacrifices made by our veterans while protecting our freedoms. Wear a poppy to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform. >> [music] [music] >> If you love your [singing] country, make a bed. If you cherish [music] freedom, make a bed for the Christ. for the sacrifice they made. If you love your country, make a [music] [music] gave [singing] us the best [music] years of their youth. to protect [music and singing] the red and white and blue. [music] together or hammer or on the [singing] sea [music] making the with her tears. [music] If you love
010your country, make a If you [music] cherish fre. [music] If you love your country, [music] I love my country. [singing] May you cherish [music] freedom. >> I cherish freedom. >> [music] >> Amen. [music] [applause] Woo. >> [applause] >> Former President George HW Bush once said, "Memory is the first measure of gratitude. Those who are truly grateful do not forget the service that has been rendered for their sake." >> And John F. Kendi proclaimed, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. We need to do our best to make ourselves worthy of our veterans courage and sacrifice. We need to live with the spirit by which our nation's veterans have so nobly served. The spirit of courage, >> the spirit of
011honor, >> the spirit of America. He says, >> "All Alabama, Alaska. Alaska, Arizona, >> Arkansas, >> California, >> Colorado, >> Connecticut, >> Delaware, Florida, >> Georgia, >> Hawaii, Idaho, >> Illinois, Indiana, >> Iowa, >> Kansas, >> Kentucky, >> Louisiana, >> Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, >> Michigan, >> Missouri, >> Mississippi, >> Missouri, >> Montana, >> Nebraska, >> Nevada, >> New Hampshire, >> New Jersey [music] to the hills of Tennessee. Across [singing] the plains of Texas, [music] from sea to shining sea, from Detroit, [music] [music] I know again today. [music] New Mexico, >> New York, >> North Carolina, >> North Dakota, >> Ohio, >> Oklahoma, >> Oregon, >> Pennsylvania, >> Rhode Island, >> South Carolina, >> South Dakota, >> Tennessee, >> Texas, >> Utah, >> Vermont, >> Virginia, >> Washington, >> West Virginia, >> Wisconsin, >> Wyoming, [music]
012and Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. >> [music] [applause] >> So, I'd like to thank all of you for being such a wonderful audience this morning and paying tribute to our veterans. And I hope we all learn a little bit more about the meaning of this special holiday, right? And I'd like to thank the chorus students for their hard work putting this together. And Mrs. Ka, all of the violin students. Thank you to Mrs. Taylor, the whole staff, the Lafayette, our superintendent, Dr. Hart, I mean Mr. Hart. [laughter] Um, just really a debt of gratitude to all of our veterans and thank you for coming today. Thank you very much. [applause] >> Thank you for attending our Veterans Day concert. >> [applause] >> Do we have any veterans with us that would like a flag? >> All
013right. please. >> And please feel free to join us in the last election at Scars and Stripes. I'll pass it up. >> Make sure the flags never touch the floor. Right. Let's [music] cheer for the red, white, and blue. May our men are be waiting forever. [music] is how freedom from the struggles might [music] remember the day [music] when our fathers with endeavor secure [music] all our freedoms today [music] forever. Let's sing [music] our way forever be [music] you [music] to remember the day with mighty [music] Enter all our freedom today. [music] [applause] stage for pictures and