God Bless America

Trump supporters in Scranton, Pennsylvania spontaneously sang “God Bless America” — in harmony — while waiting in line in the snow for a rally later in the day.

Avila sang the song with the military choir as President Trump and other officials joined with him. 

Yankees fans are calling for a boycott in response to the team’s banning of Kate Smith’s version of God Bless America. The team ditched the late singer’s rendition after a they learned Smith had also sung some controversial songs about blacks back in the 1930s.

This month, several pro sports moved to tear down statues to and ban songs by Kate Smith, because back in the 1930s she sang songs that many today consider racist. However, FS1’s Jason Whitlock saw nothing but hypocrisy with sports teams banning Smith while at the same time embracing racist, sexist rappers, Newsbusters noted.

ESPN analyst Will Cain came out swinging against the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers for banning singer Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America,” because other songs she sang back in the 1930s may be considered “racist” today.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers are covering a statue of singer Kate Smith outside their arena, following the New York Yankees in cutting ties and looking into allegations of racism against the 1930s star with a popular recording of “God Bless America.”

The New York Yankees have decided to no longer play a 1939 version of God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch, due to concerns raised over other racist songs the performer sang in the past.

Country music duo Big & Rich performed the traditional tune of “God Bless America” at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas just one hour before a gunman opened fire on the crowd, and the moving video has since been shared across social media.

“God Bless America” saved Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price from getting ejected Sunday as his team squared off with the New York Mets. At the end of the top half of the seventh inning, the Reds skipper left the dugout after second

SAN DIEGO, California — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat in protest during the national anthem — but then stood during God Bless America in the fourth quarter of the Chargers-49ers game on Thursday night.

HOUSTON, Texas — Dinesh D’Souza’s new movie, “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party,” is besting this year’s competition in the political documentary category. A little known fact though, is that his wife Debbie sings the film’s prelude and “God Bless America.”

New York Daily News writer Gersh Kuntzman wrote an article Thursday entitled “Major League Baseball Must Permanently Retire ‘God Bless America,’ a Song That Offends Everyone,” where the writer asserts that “‘God Bless America’ should be sent permanently to the bench.”

Leftwing filmmaker Michael Moore refused to remove his hat during the patriotic singing of “God Bless America” at the World Series.

On Wednesday, Breitbart News sat down with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and discussed what he does behind the scenes to honor America in his jail system and to honor veterans who are inmates in that system.

GARLAND, Texas – Spontaneous song and prayer broke out while attendees of the Mohammad Art Exhibit and Contest were on lockdown. Shortly after the shooting began outside, attendees were taken into an area described by police officers as a “hardened shelter,” and told to remain there until the threat was neutralized.