Nov. 15, 2010 - Dan Bidondi Show
12:55
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| If tomorrow all the things were gone, I'd work for all my life And I had to start again, with just my children and my wife | |
| Thank my lucky stars to be living here today 'Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me. | |
| And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. | |
| Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land. | |
| God bless the USA From the lakes of Minnesota To the hills of Tennessee So we're going to start with the same vocations. | |
| Bow your heads for a moment. | |
| Lord Creator, thank you for this peaceful assembly of American patriots. | |
| We ask for your blessing this day and for wisdom and guidance in the days to come. | |
| And before we start, we're going to ask everybody out in the audience if we could get four volunteers to hold flags. | |
| So Evie and Neil and Evie can come up and hold two flags. | |
| Wendy can hold a flag. | |
| Would there be one other person in the audience who would be interested to hold a flag? | |
| Bernard, will you do us the honor? | |
| All right. | |
| First, the Liberty flag, which Wendy already has. | |
| In 1765, a group of men gathered in Boston under a large elm tree to protest the Stamp Act. | |
| These Sons of Liberty concluded their protest by lynching two tax collectors and effigies from the tree. | |
| During the subsequent siege of Boston, British soldiers cut the tree down and used it for firewood to spite the colonists. | |
| They were duly enraged, and as resistance to the British grew, Liberty Tree flags were flown to symbolize an unwavering spirit of liberty. | |
| Not this one, not that one yet. | |
| Just the Gadsden. | |
| The Gadsden flag, also known as the Hopkins flag. | |
| According to two British ships coming to resupply British troops, Congress commissioned the Continental Navy. | |
| Christopher Gadsden was one of three members of the Marine Committee who decided to outfit the man and man the Alfred and its sister ships to intercept the British. | |
| Congress chose Essek Hopkins of Rhode Island as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. | |
| It's generally accepted that Hopkins' flag was presented to him by Christopher Gadsden. | |
| The state flag. | |
| Almost 90 years after Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 counties to form a union, the General Assembly of the state adopted an official design for a state flag. | |
| The colors and design of the flag date back to colonial times and the original establishment of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. | |
| And of course, all the glory. | |
| I think you just recite the Pledge of Allegiance. | |
| presented to a young Navy captain by some young ladies of Salem, Massachusetts. | |
| The first flag was designed and constructed to be flown through a ship's mast. | |
| It originally had 13 stars and included an anchor to symbolize its monocle purpose. | |
| If you can just recite the Pledge of Allegiance. | |
| Hold on, hold on. | |
| That one is the highest name. | |
| The other one is just a little back. | |
| I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands. | |
| One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. | |
| The plan now is to proceed with our walk. | |
| And at the conclusion of the walk, we'd have another three to five minutes. | |
| Actually, should the American flag go first? | |
| Ideally, but that's the one. | |
| Yeah? | |
| Okay. | |
| Sorry to go on. | |
| Thank you. | |
| Yeah. | |
| - Yeah, I think so. | |
| - Yeah, I think so. - I think so. | |
| - Yeah, I think so. - I think so. | |
| - Yeah, I think so. | |
| - Oh, I'm so just walking. | |
| - Yeah, I think so. | |
| - Oh, I'm so happy. | |
| - Oh, I'm so happy. - Oh, sleepy little town. | |
| Oh my goodness. | |
| Oh, is there a football at one o'clock? | |
| Yeah. | |
| Is that what it is? | |
| Yep. | |
| Oh, at one o'clock? | |
| That explains your answer. | |
| Oh, that's a figure. | |
| Marblehead of Patriots. | |
| Oh my God, I don't know. | |
| Do what you want to do. | |
| I guess football's more important than liberty. | |
| Yeah. | |
| You know? | |
| American Idol, you know. | |
| American Idol, yeah. | |
| I like American Idol. | |
| - Yeah. | |
| - In case anybody needs it. | |
| - Yep. | |
| - That was awfully nice of them to do. | |
| - That was really nice of them to do. | |
| - What do they have in there? | |
| - The bathrooms are open. | |
| - I can use that. | |
| You guys going up there and turning left where? | |
| - That street would take a left. | |
| - Okay. | |
| - Okay. - We're all terrorists from holding flags for liberty. | |
| According to the MIAC report. | |
| Thank you. | |
| From the FBI. | |
| This is a great day for Liberty! | |
| We'll check in afterwards and we'll find out. | |
| What's up man? | |
| Got me! | |
| What's up guys? | |
| We have no room for the rest of the day. | |
| - No rights to the masses. | |
| That's me. - I don't buy the yarn also. | |
| - Hey, how you doing? - All right. | |
| Some true patriots here. | |
| Of course! | |
| I'm going to go to the Weston-Coburn family, Connecticut, man. | |
| I have to go boys though. | |
| Oh. | |
| Wow, I'm so excited. | |
| Be proud, you're a true patriot. | |
| Yes, I am. | |
| So are you. | |
| Thanks. | |
| Sup, man? | |
| How's it going? | |
| Alright. | |
| Let's get them filming the true patriots. | |
| I want to thank everybody for coming out today. | |
| I want to thank everybody for coming out today. | |
| It certainly is a great day for freedom. | |
| Thank you. - Thank you. | |
| Want to reintroduce our emcee for today? | |
| Three-corner Tom, Tom Moore. | |
| He's a fellow Oath Keeper. | |
| Power switch should be right on top. | |
| Just turn the power right off. | |
| Tom Moore is a fellow Oath Keeper and he's the host of The Midnight Ride, the podcast on New England history. | |
| So I'd like to have a warm welcome for Tom Moore who came down from Massachusetts for our day here. | |
| It's right nice to fall off here. | |
| I look like the Dick Van Dyke Show on steroids. | |
| Welcome today, welcome patriots. | |
| We're here today to show our admiration and support for the greatest governing documents ever given to mankind. | |
| America's Declaration of Independence and Constitution for the United States of America. | |
| We're so grateful for each and every participant in the Liberty Walk here and in more than 56 other communities all across the grand majestic reaches of the Union. | |
| Let's give a round of applause for all those walking today in support of our Charters of Freedom. | |
| Today we demonstrate anew the eternal will of the people to be free. | |
| Today we send a message to all those who wield government power, protect the honor and obey the Constitution. | |
| Today we call on all Americans to come together in defense of America, her Constitution and freedom. | |
| Today we call on all Americans to hold their elected officials accountable to each and every one of those provisions. | |
| Our freedom depends on it. | |
| Oh, 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 Oh, say does that star-spangled banner | |
| I don't think anybody knows who I am. |
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