Nashville's busy airport came to a standstill when travelers stopped to sing the national anthem for the children of fallen service members.
The children were being flown to Disneyworld on an all-expenses trip from National International Airport on Saturday.
When an airline attendance announced their presence over a loudspeaker the kids lined up to board their flight.
But then, the whole airport stopped to sing The Star Spangled Banner while soldiers stood giving the children a salute.
Soldiers stood in salute as travelers sang the national anthem for the children of fallen service members at Nashville International Airport
Jen Tringale shared a video of the touching moment on her Facebook page.
The clip quickly went viral and has amassed more than 400,000 views since.
'I witnessed an international airport come to a complete stop today,' she wrote alongside the video.
'At the Nashville airport I walked out into the concourse to this scene.'
Free graphic design programs to download. She said American Airlines 'was flying a plane full of children who had lost a parent in combat to Disneyworld on an all expenses paid trip and they threw a party for them at the gate.
Nashville's busy airport came to a standstill as travelers stopped to sing the national anthem
A video of the moment, posted on Facebook, has gone viral amassing more than 400,000 views since it was posted on Saturday
'But when they announced them over the loud speaker and they lined up to board the plane the whole airport literally stopped and sang the national anthem with military present in salute.'
Tringale added: 'Most every person standing around, myself included was bawling at the sight of these kids and spouses who have paid so great a price for our country.
'To see all of this at Christmas time was so humbling. Seeing the general public in an airport stand still to honor these kids was simply beautiful.'
The children were being flown by American Airlines to Disneyland for an all-expenses trip
Travelers at Nashville's busy airport over the weekend stopped to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” paying their respects to a plane full of children whose parents had died in combat.
“At the Nashville airport I walked out into the concourse to this scene @americanairlines was flying a plane full of children who had lost a parent in combat to Disneyworld on an all expenses paid trip and they threw a party for them at the gate,” Jen Tringale wrote on Facebook on Saturday.
'But when they announced them over the loud speaker and they lined up to board the plane the whole airport literally stopped and sang the national anthem with military present in salute. Most every person standing around, myself included was bawling at the sight of these kids and spouses who have paid so great a price for our country. To see all of this at Christmas time was so humbling.
“Seeing the general public in an airport stand still to honor these kids was simply beautiful,” Tringale wrote.
The vacations for the Gold Star families were coordinated by the Gary Sinise Foundation's Snowball Express Program. According to a press release provided by the organization, the foundation will 'host a five-day experience for 1,722 children of the fallen and their surviving parent or guardian. This therapeutic retreat will offer fun and inspiring programs, encouraging critical peer-to-peer support for these families.'
The social media post had earned around 9,000 impressions and was shared approximately 6,100 times as of Monday evening.
We play the National Anthem at almost every sporting event in the United States. I realized I didn’t really know much about the history of the National Anthem, so I did some research. After all, winners know WHY they do what they do, and can describe what they do as a process so that their performance will be consistent over time.
The tradition of performing the National Anthem before every baseball game began during World War II. The song was sung at games before that, though. Check out these fun facts below. Also sign up for my newsletter where I share some touching stories about the national anthem.
The song gained popularity throughout the 19th century and bands played it during public events, such as July 4th celebrations. On July 27, 1889, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy signed General Order #374, making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official tune to be played at the raising of the flag.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that “The Star-Spangled Banner” be played at military and other appropriate occasions. The playing of the song two years later during the seventh-inning stretch of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter during each game of the series is often noted as the first instance that the Anthem was played at a baseball game, though evidence shows that the “Star-Spangled Banner” was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia and then more regularly at the Polo Grounds in New York City beginning in 1898.
In any case, the tradition of performing the National Anthem before every baseball game began during World War II. Today, the Anthem is performed before the beginning of all MLS, NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL games (with at least one American team playing), as well as in a pre-race ceremony portion of every NASCAR race. Performances at particularly large events are often ended with a military flypast. The NHL requires arenas in both the U.S. and Canada to perform both the Canadian and American national anthems at games that involve teams from both countries, and it is usual for both American and Canadian anthems to be played at Major League Baseball games involving the Toronto Blue Jays, the only Canadian MLB team. (Wikipedia)
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A national anthem (also state anthem, national hymn, national song, etc.) is generally a patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions, and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. The countries of Latin America, Central Asia, and Europe tend towards more ornate and operatic pieces, while those in the Middle East, Oceania, Africa, and the Caribbean use a more simplistic fanfare.[1] Some countries that are devolved into multiple constituent states have their own official musical compositions for them (such as with the United Kingdom, Russian Federation, and the former Soviet Union); their constituencies' songs are sometimes referred to as national anthems even though they are not sovereign states.
A national anthem, when it has lyrics (as is usually the case), is most often in the national or most common language of the country, whether de facto or official, there are notable exceptions. Most commonly, states with more than one national language may offer several versions of their anthem, for instance:
National anthems rose to prominence in Europe during the 19th century, but some originated much earlier. The presumed oldest national anthem belongs to the Netherlands and is called the 'Wilhelmus'. It was written between 1568 and 1572 during the Dutch Revolt and its current melody variant was composed shortly before 1626. It was a popular orangist march during the 17th century but it did not become the official Dutch national anthem until 1932.
The Japanese national anthem, 'Kimigayo', has the oldest lyrics, which were taken from a Heian period (794–1185) poem, yet it was not set to music until 1880.[5]
The Philippine national anthem 'Lupang Hinirang' was composed in 1898 as wordless incidental music for the ceremony declaring independence from the Spanish Empire. The Spanish poem 'Filipinas' was written the following year to serve as the anthem's lyrics; the current Tagalog version dates to 1962.
'God Save the Queen', the national anthem of the United Kingdom and the royal anthem reserved for use in the presence of the Monarch in some Commonwealth realms, was first performed in 1619 under the title 'God Save the King'. It is not officially the national anthem of the UK, though it became such through custom and usage.
Spain's national anthem, the 'Marcha Real' (The Royal March), written in 1761, was among the first to be adopted as such, in 1770. Denmark adopted the older of its two national anthems, 'Kong Christian stod ved højen mast', in 1780; and 'La Marseillaise', the French national anthem, was written in 1792 and adopted in 1795. Serbia became the first Eastern European nation to have a national anthem – 'Rise up, Serbia!' – in 1804.[citation needed]
'Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu', the national anthem of Kenya, is one of the first national anthems to be specifically commissioned. It was written by the Kenyan Anthem Commission in 1963 to serve as the anthem after independence from the United Kingdom.[6]
The Welsh National anthem 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' was the first such to be sung at an international sporting event when it was sung in a Rugby game against New Zealand in Llanelli. This was done to counter the famous New Zealandhaka.
'Hativkah', the national anthem of Israel, was written as a poem in 1877 by Naftali Herz Imber, and set to the melody of the Italian song 'La Mantovana' in 1888 by Samuel Cohen (the melody was used for many folk songs throughout Europe).
National anthems are used in a wide array of contexts. Certain etiquette may be involved in the playing of a country's anthem. These usually involve military honours, standing up/rising, removing headwear etc. In diplomatic situations the rules may be very formal. There may also be royal anthems, presidential anthems, state anthems etc. for special occasions.
They are played on national holidays and festivals, and have also come to be closely connected with sporting events. Wales was the first country to adopt this, during a rugby game against New Zealand in 1905. Since then during sporting competitions, such as the Olympic Games, the national anthem of the gold medal winner is played at each medal ceremony; also played before games in many sports leagues, since being adopted in baseball during World War II.[7] When teams from two different nations play each other, the anthems of both nations are played, the host nation's anthem being played last.
In some countries, the national anthem is played to students each day at the start of school as an exercise in patriotism, such as in Tanzania.[8] In other countries the state anthem may be played in a theatre before a play or in a cinema before a movie. Many radio and television stations have adopted this and play the national anthem when they sign on in the morning and again when they sign off at night. For instance, the national anthem of China is played before the broadcast of evening news on Hong Kong's local television stations including TVB Jade and ATV Home.[9] In Colombia, it is a law to play the National Anthem at 6:00 and 18:00 on every public radio and television station, while in Thailand, 'Phleng Chat' is played at 08:00 and 18:00 nationwide (the Royal Anthem is used for sign-ons and closedowns instead).
The use of a national anthem outside of its country, however, is dependent on the international recognition of that country. For instance, Taiwan has not been recognized by the Olympics as a separate nation since 1979 and must compete as Chinese Taipei; its National Banner Song is used instead of its national anthem.[10] In Taiwan, the country's national anthem is sung before instead of during flag-rising and flag-lowering, followed by the National Banner Song during the actual flag-rising and flag-lowering. Even within a state, the state's citizenry may interpret the national anthem differently (such as in the United States some view the U.S. national anthem as representing respect for dead soldiers and policemen whereas others view it as honoring the country generally).[11]
Most of the best-known national anthems were written by little-known or unknown composers such as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of 'La Marseillaise' and John Stafford Smith who wrote the tune for 'The Anacreontic Song', which became the tune for the U.S. national anthem, 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' The author of 'God Save the Queen', one of the oldest and most well known anthems in the world, is unknown and disputed.
Very few countries have a national anthem written by a world-renowned composer. Exceptions include Germany, whose anthem 'Das Lied der Deutschen' uses a melody written by Joseph Haydn, and Austria, whose national anthem 'Land der Berge, Land am Strome' is sometimes credited to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The 'Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic' was composed by Aram Khachaturian. The music of the 'Pontifical Anthem', anthem of the Vatican City, was composed in 1869 by Charles Gounod, for the golden jubilee of Pope Pius IX's priestly ordination.
The committee charged with choosing a national anthem for Malaysia at independence decided to invite selected composers of international repute to submit compositions for consideration, including Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Gian Carlo Menotti and Zubir Said, who later composed 'Majulah Singapura', the national anthem of Singapore. None were deemed suitable.
A few anthems have words by Nobel laureates in literature. The first Asian laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, wrote the words and music of 'Jana Gana Mana' and 'Amar Shonar Bangla', later adopted as the national anthems of India and Bangladesh respectively. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson wrote the lyrics for the Norwegian national anthem 'Ja, vi elsker dette landet'.
Other countries had their anthems composed by locally important people. This is the case for Colombia, whose anthem's lyrics were written by former president and poet Rafael Nuñez, who also wrote the country's first constitution. A similar case is Liberia, the national anthem of which was written by its third president, Daniel Bashiel Warner.
While most national anthems are in the major scale, there are a number of notable exceptions. For example, these anthems are in the minor scale:
These anthems use pentatonic scales:
And these anthems have unique modes/modulations:
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A teacher from California has been arrested after an Instagram video went viral of what appears to be her forcibly cutting one student’s hair while loudly singing the National Anthem.
Margaret Gieszinger, 52, a science teacher at University Preparatory High School, was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment on Wednesday, the Visalia Times-Delta reported.
The video obtained by ABC30 shows Gieszinger pointing to a chair and shouting “You’re not done, take a seat!” at a student during first period biology class. She then proceeds to sing the “Star Spangled Banner” while cutting the students hair and tosses a piece of the student’s hair. The teacher then calls out to other students and walks over to a female student where she appears to grab a piece of her hair and attempts to cut it.
Students in the classroom can be seen running out of the classroom as the teacher continues to sing. The school’s principal, Eric Thiessen, told the Visalia Times-Delta all students were safe.
Lilli Gates, one of Gieszinger's biology students, told the publication this incident does not reflect the teacher they know.
Margaret Gieszinger, 52, was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment after she cut one student's hair while singing the National Anthem at University Preparatory High School in Visalia, California, on Wednesday. Tulare County Sheriff's Department
'When everything was going on I was terrified, and I so badly wanted to blame her. I was scared she was going to come back,' Gates told the publication. 'What she did to my classmates and I is inexcusable. I am not trying to make excuses for her, I simply ask everyone to reconsider how they view her. She is a loving and kind lady. She is usually all smiles and laughs. This is not the Miss G. we know and love.'
Gieszinger’s bail has been set to $100,000. Newsweek has reached out to the College of the Sequoias Police Department for comment on the incident but did not hear back in time for publication.
The Tulare County Office of Education released a statement following the Gieszinger’s arrest, saying that counselors have been sent to the University Preparatory High School campus and are working closely with the College of the Sequoias Police Department to investigate the incident.
“We take very seriously the safety of the students in classrooms and on the COS campus. We move decisively when questions of inappropriate and unprofessional conduct are brought to the attention of UPHS administration. In this instance, we promptly removed Ms. Gieszinger from her classroom and worked closely with the COS Police Department,” the statement sent to Newsweek read. “We are reviewing all available information and will take the most severe employment action appropriate. Ms. Gieszinger will not return to her UPHS classroom.”
A new substitute teacher has been placed in the classroom for the rest of the semester until a replacement teacher is hired, the Tulare County Office of Education said.
A similar incident occurred in October after an Albuquerque school district said a teacher who cut off a Native American student’s braid and called another a “bloody Indian” no longer works for the district. The incident occurred at Cibola High School in New Mexico on October 31, and the unnamed teacher and the students were all wearing costumes.
The teacher, who was wearing a New Orleans Voodoo queen outfit, allegedly asked the student if they were “a bloody Indian,’” KRQE reported. Another Native American student’s hair was also cut by the teacher, according to the news station.
“I didn't expect to hear this type of thing from my teacher, I just came to school to learn,' McKenzie Johnson reportedly told the board, KRQE reported.
Update: This story was updated to include a statement from the Tulare County Office of Education.