An emotive video describing the journey of America until now. Great as an opener or sermon intro for Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or any other patriotic service or event.

 

Transcript:

This land I love. This land of the free. This land of purple mountain, rivers wide, wild, the soil of a billion seeds, land of Chesapeake and Cherokee, land of sojourners, seekers, land of progress and preacher with the beat of every burrow and the hero of the classroom teacher. This land of bell, Thomas Edison, land of Jackie Robinson, land of bandstand and farmland, bluegrass and graceland. This land is a Sunday meal still warm on the kitchen oven. The warm brilliance of Abraham Lincoln. And the bravery of Harriet Tubman. This land is a good movie in the making, an idea in the waking, light of liberty still blazing. A bold prayer in the praying. Yes. This land is a land where we never forget. Where we may fall, but we shall rise. Land of one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Land of these many states united, indivisible under God. Land of dreams on every street and hope on every block. Land of working, land of wading through the water, through our fears. Land of our father’s blood, land of our mother’s tears, land of 250 years of America. America, the young and old. America, the people. America, the beautiful. This land I love.