Blair Fireworks Sing-A-Long
Thanks to Christ Lutheran Church for coordinating watermelon from Family Fare this evening
Opening words regarding the 4th of July and the formation of our nation from Pastor Mark Degner, Christ Lutheran Church
Pledge of Allegiance
led by Dani Dodd (on air) and Caroline Hanson (on-site)
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.
Sing-A-Long
This Land is Your Land Performed by the Avett Brothers
Refrain:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway;
I saw below me that golden valley;
This land was made for you and me. (Refrain)
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding;
This land was made for you and me. (Refrain)
Was a big high wall there, that tried to stop me
the sign was painted said "Private Property."
But on the back side it didn't say nothing.
This land was made for you and me. (Refrain)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Performed by Hit Company Masters
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
A Yankee Doodle, do or die
A real live nephew of my uncle Sam's
Born on the Fourth of July
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart
She's my Yankee Doodle joy
Yankee Doodle came to London
Just to ride the ponies
I am a Yankee Doodle boy
America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)
Performed by Home Free
My country, 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing:
land where my fathers died,
land of the pilgrims' pride,
from every mountainside
let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
land of the noble free,
thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
thy woods and templed hills;
my heart with rapture thrills
like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
and ring from all the trees
sweet freedom's song:
let mortal tongues awake,
let all that breathe partake;
let rocks their silence break,
the sound prolong.
My country, 'tis of thee (x3)
My country, 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing:
land where my fathers died,
land of the pilgrims' pride,
from every mountainside
let freedom ring!
My country, 'tis
My country, 'tis of thee
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Performed by Three Irish Tenors
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
Refrain:
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read the righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on. [Refrain]
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make us holy, let us die that all be free!
While God is marching on. [Refrain x 2]
Heal Our Land
Performed by Michael Card
Forgive oh Lord and heal our land
And give us eyes to seek Your face and hearts to understand
That You alone make all things new
And the blessings of the land we love are really gifts from You
Refrain:
If My people will humbly pray and seek My face and turn away
From all their wicked ways
Then I will hear them and move My hand
And freely then will I forgive and I will heal their land
Unite our hearts in one accord
And make us hungry for Your peace and burdened for the poor
And grant us hope that we might see
The future for the land we love our life our liberty (Refrain x 2)
And I will heal their land
Heal their land (x5)
God Bless America
Performed by Anthem Lights
God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with the light from above
God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with the light from above
From the mountains to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home (x2)
From the mountains to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America,
God bless America, my home sweet home
America The Beautiful
performed by the Mike Curb Congregation
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain’s majesty
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
From sea to shining sea!
Shining sea!
Shining sea!
This is My Country
Performed by Johnny Mann singers
What diff'rence if I hail from North or South
Or from the East or West?
My heart is filled with love for all of these.
I only know I swell with pride and deep within my breast
I thrill to see Old Glory paint the breeze.
This is my country! Land of my birth!
This is my country! Grandest on earth!
I pledge thee my allegiance, America, the bold,
For this is my country to have and to hold.
I’m pledging my allegiance, America, the bold,
For this is my country to have and to hold.
Closer to 10 pm ...
The National Anthem
performed by David Harker, representing Special Olympics
kicks off the fireworks show.
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