Kate Smith's Heart-Stirring 'God Bless America' - This Is the Army (1943) HD

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  • @SPEAKEASYAZ4895
    @SPEAKEASYAZ4895 9 місяців тому +599

    As a senior citizen I get tears everytime I hear this song😢 she was so special .

    • @rofalise6809
      @rofalise6809 9 місяців тому +21

      Absolutely! I wish more people felt this way.

    • @DRAGONSLAYER1220
      @DRAGONSLAYER1220 8 місяців тому +16

      I thought it was just me....

    • @debbiekerr3989
      @debbiekerr3989 6 місяців тому +11

      Yes she was and no one could sing this song quite like her.

    • @camickelson
      @camickelson 6 місяців тому +8

      I'm crying right now

    • @baronedipiemonte3990
      @baronedipiemonte3990 5 місяців тому +6

      At least I'm not alone. For now

  • @lucieleimbach
    @lucieleimbach Рік тому +551

    This is Kate’s song. Nobody else does it justice like Kate. 🇺🇸

    • @DRAGONSLAYER1220
      @DRAGONSLAYER1220 8 місяців тому +13

      Been a lot of versions over the years, but none like the original.

    • @treespirit2000
      @treespirit2000 5 місяців тому +7

      No one, indeed.

    • @Auntilynn
      @Auntilynn 4 місяці тому +4

      Great Kate

    • @prankgirl9112
      @prankgirl9112 3 місяці тому +4

      Irving Berlin wrote this song and didn't take a penny for it. The song is his.

    • @gideonwestgate3291
      @gideonwestgate3291 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@prankgirl9112Berlin only wanted Kate to sing it.

  • @florarakes7216
    @florarakes7216 Рік тому +752

    Can you watch this without getting emotional? I can't.😢

    • @TheProdigalCat
      @TheProdigalCat Рік тому +33

      No. It gets me every time, especially now..

    • @Dethtofegans
      @Dethtofegans Рік тому

      Kinda gay ngl

    • @stevesawyer6315
      @stevesawyer6315 Рік тому +28

      Tears and full body chill every single time.

    • @1ndone132
      @1ndone132 Рік тому +26

      In tears! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @Mctrav
      @Mctrav Рік тому +16

      Nope, always makes me tear

  • @terrylyman9196
    @terrylyman9196 Рік тому +760

    No body can sing GOD BLESS AMERICA like Kate Smith can She's an ICON.

    • @paulbombardier8722
      @paulbombardier8722 Рік тому +6

      All versions that I know of are all compared to hers.

    • @thomasmelton699
      @thomasmelton699 Рік тому +8

      Amen to that!!❤

    • @Js-qv7zr
      @Js-qv7zr Рік тому +9

      I'm in my late 60s, and sang this when was in church and the school choir all thru grade school, high school and college, and I gotta admit that I never heard the opening lines of the song till now. I'm gobsmacked! Once again I think,with a voice like that no wonder she was my grandfather's favorite singer😊

    • @tomfilipiak3511
      @tomfilipiak3511 Рік тому +20

      75 years old,Viet Nam,1967 1968!Tears in my eyes!

    • @tomfilipiak3511
      @tomfilipiak3511 Рік тому +15

      Still,the best,the song,and our country!

  • @mariannebowman6114
    @mariannebowman6114 7 місяців тому +557

    This is the America I grew up in. I do so miss it. God Bless America.

    • @tltc191
      @tltc191 7 місяців тому +14

      Me too.

    • @mikef445
      @mikef445 6 місяців тому +10

      It never left. Just look at the rest of the world. God bless you. :)

    • @cryptobradley2006
      @cryptobradley2006 6 місяців тому +9

      me too

    • @johnloudaros800
      @johnloudaros800 6 місяців тому +18

      It brings tears to my eyes when I Iisten to her sing this.

    • @dorothyflynn1275
      @dorothyflynn1275 6 місяців тому +6

      @@johnloudaros800 classic..

  • @bethjones6104
    @bethjones6104 Рік тому +214

    No one can do justice to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" like Kate Smith.

  • @bruceolson5191
    @bruceolson5191 9 місяців тому +283

    America needs this song and it's meaning now more than ever 💖🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @karlamullins6972
      @karlamullins6972 6 місяців тому +5

      This song can't save us. We kicked God and His divine protection out of our lives.

    • @enchantro
      @enchantro 4 місяці тому +6

      @@karlamullins6972Oh please!🤦🏻

    • @carolyoung4180
      @carolyoung4180 4 місяці тому +5

      We have lost so much

    • @GaryEugene-z1d
      @GaryEugene-z1d 3 місяці тому

      I'm 72 years old and I will say this....the USA is only as good or bad as we make it TODAY and EVERY day from now forward. All this nostalgic talk is doing this country no good. Only continued ACTION TODAY and each day we have left to ACT against those who would destroy our constitutional laws and government!!

    • @gideonwestgate3291
      @gideonwestgate3291 3 місяці тому

      ​@@karlamullins6972True. But 2 Chronicles 7:14 can restore this nation.

  • @paul-we2gf
    @paul-we2gf Рік тому +273

    This is the best version of this song still stands the test of time even 80 years later. Well done

    • @DrMARDOC
      @DrMARDOC Рік тому +9

      Can you possibly imagine! Today in such times of Hybrid Warfare directed against America- FROM INSIDE ( think democrats) AND OUT …. If a heavy American girl singer came forth and sang this all across the Country what the violence and antagonism against her and her family would be? Imagine what the media would do to her!
      Sister Kate……

    • @Cardsharkiller
      @Cardsharkiller 9 місяців тому

      yes it is,

    • @Ronbarno
      @Ronbarno 6 місяців тому

      God bless America. JMJ

  • @marythompson8633
    @marythompson8633 3 місяці тому +82

    This is my American, l’m 81 years old and l remember Kate Smith singing this song when l was very young.We need to love our country like days gone by.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @DNA-Ancestry
      @DNA-Ancestry 13 днів тому +1

      Bless your heart Mary. My Mother sat by her radio, rocking the newest baby as she listened to Kate Smith sing. Years later when my brother and I were born, the family gathered around our black and white television and watched, "This Is The Army."

    • @lornaperryman489
      @lornaperryman489 21 годину тому

      Me too.

  • @cannong1728
    @cannong1728 Рік тому +454

    Kate Smith....a national treasure!

    • @glennhuber4975
      @glennhuber4975 Рік тому

      Shame the flyers and Comcast buried her! Calling her a racist is like calling the pope Jewish

    • @freddieknapp9337
      @freddieknapp9337 Рік тому

      she was hardcore racist

  • @cdean2950
    @cdean2950 10 місяців тому +144

    My father fought in WWII, Korea, his ship was part of the Cuban Conflict and Vietnam twice. He LOVED to hear Kate Smith sing this precious song!!! He spent 30 years fighting for this country!!! RIP Dad!!

    • @leighwhiteman818
      @leighwhiteman818 Місяць тому +3

      Thank You to your father for his Service 🙏

    • @ksuryrogerg3782
      @ksuryrogerg3782 Місяць тому +2

      God bless your father. An American Hero!!

    • @arlenestacko3647
      @arlenestacko3647 Місяць тому +2

      What great patriot your father was.

    • @kathiefrye3350
      @kathiefrye3350 21 день тому +2

      9:46 PM 12/2/2024. I bless your father for his military service.

  • @FrankDeMarco-x4e
    @FrankDeMarco-x4e 5 місяців тому +202

    No one ever has sung this better than Kate Smith. It always brings me to tears.

  • @stevenewman1393
    @stevenewman1393 9 місяців тому +91

    🫡🇺🇸 This was truly one of the greatest generations of our time indeed!.

  • @Puzzledrev
    @Puzzledrev 8 місяців тому +84

    Every night we heard Kate Smith singing God Bless America. She was an inspiration.

  • @FredPickett
    @FredPickett Рік тому +255

    The best Version of this song ever made/R.I.P. MS. Kate.

  • @jhardman4534
    @jhardman4534 7 місяців тому +447

    Thank you from a 91 yr old Veteran of our wonderful United States Navy. GOD look over us in the next 91 years.

    • @robertrhodessr3664
      @robertrhodessr3664 6 місяців тому +33

      Thank you for your service. May God Bless you. And bring America back to God.

    • @missagente8100
      @missagente8100 6 місяців тому

      @@robertrhodessr3664Amen! 🙏🏻✝️❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

    • @Flo-Joe.W
      @Flo-Joe.W 6 місяців тому +20

      Thank you so much for your service ❤

    • @bigsparky8888
      @bigsparky8888 6 місяців тому +20

      THANK YOU FOR SERVING!!! ✝️ 👍🇺🇸💪🗽🕊

    • @baxtercol
      @baxtercol 6 місяців тому +15

      Thank you, sir, for your service and patriotism.

  • @DonnaChristen
    @DonnaChristen 17 днів тому +20

    I am 88 years old and I remember when kat the end of the movies we would all wait until Kate Smith would sing this!

  • @martharash3987
    @martharash3987 Рік тому +224

    Wish our country was as thankful today for the freedom our military has helped us keep over the years since WWII.

    • @Based_location
      @Based_location 9 місяців тому +3

      The military should have more influence in civilian matters it would help society today

    • @1Spunky
      @1Spunky 9 місяців тому

      @@Based_locationThat would be called Martial Law...Cuba, Middle East and China ALL have a military in civilian life!

    • @georgedudleysashtray3860
      @georgedudleysashtray3860 8 місяців тому

      The ironic part is that our military has done nothing for American freedom since WW2. Fighting proxy wars across the globe against ideas, not even real enemies. What a joke.

    • @WilsonWatt-q2e
      @WilsonWatt-q2e 6 місяців тому +7

      @@Based_location NO! Our military fought to keep those who want to rule through authority rather than democracy from gaining power over governments in Europe and out of our country as well. This is its Constitutional role and we must be thankful every day that it is understood by them.

    • @danielcorreard3746
      @danielcorreard3746 6 місяців тому +1

      i couldn't agree with you more somehow thanks to the woke idiots out there people don't don't appreciate the freedom they have in our great county. i love this country and wish everyone loved it as much as i do and it sounds like you do as well

  • @stankeen3647
    @stankeen3647 4 місяці тому +72

    Grew up in the 50s and 60s and I would love to see that America again!

    • @shamelesshussy
      @shamelesshussy 5 днів тому

      Unfortunately public lands, public schools, and public libraries that were hallmarks and points of pride in that era are all on the chopping block now. e pluribus unum has morphed into the entirely unAmerican “Every man man for himself”.

  • @elizabethkuhl1655
    @elizabethkuhl1655 Рік тому +78

    No one can even come close to the way she sang that song. Beautiful ❤

  • @JamesSheppard-wk3qb
    @JamesSheppard-wk3qb Рік тому +136

    Kate knocks it out of the park!!! We, ALL of us, need to come together to save this nation as Kate so aptly and poignantly points our minds and hearts to. I say to ALL us ITS NOT TOO LATE! LETS GET TOGETHER WITH G.O.D AS OUR LEADER!!!

    • @Centurion210
      @Centurion210 5 місяців тому

      😂😂😂Just what we need……maybe there would be a new understanding of what D-day was all about. Sacrifice to make today -ossible

    • @Centurion210
      @Centurion210 5 місяців тому

      }!

    • @samanthalightworker7955
      @samanthalightworker7955 Місяць тому +1

      Amen.

  • @luannebowler4683
    @luannebowler4683 Рік тому +66

    No one can come close to her singing this song.

    • @streetcarjay
      @streetcarjay 8 місяців тому

      Lauren Hart sings this with recorded parts of Kate Smith. The good luck charm of the Philadelphia Flyers.

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 Рік тому +93

    Her version is the best. It always gives me chills.

  • @rjmcallister1888
    @rjmcallister1888 Рік тому +132

    1943: Kate had originally recorded this for Victor in 1939. Irving Berlin retooled it for the movie and the Warner studio orchestra and chorus backed her so well. America and the Allies needed this after taking a shellacking in the first year of the war. But the tide was about to turn, and morale-boosters like this one helped the Allies to eventual victory.

    • @mahzorimipod
      @mahzorimipod Рік тому +1

      no that was the russians

    • @yeaz2779
      @yeaz2779 Рік тому +5

      @@mahzorimipod wdym? you mean the American Lend-Lease?

    • @mahzorimipod
      @mahzorimipod Рік тому

      @@yeaz2779 less than 10% of russian war material. cope harder ofay

    • @EmisoraRadioPatio
      @EmisoraRadioPatio Рік тому +6

      @mahzorimipod "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war. The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." -Stalin

    • @mahzorimipod
      @mahzorimipod Рік тому

      @@EmisoraRadioPatio fake quote

  • @terryb3024
    @terryb3024 18 днів тому +59

    America has once again stood against tyranny. God Bless America!

    • @zorbathegreek192
      @zorbathegreek192 15 днів тому +6

      God Bless America in the days ahead as the light of freedom returns. Trump a proud son of Scotland.

    • @DennisSullivan-om3oo
      @DennisSullivan-om3oo 15 днів тому

      @@zorbathegreek192 Trump is ridiculously unfit for office.

    • @marquitasozio7489
      @marquitasozio7489 14 днів тому +5

      AMEN! ❤❤❤

  • @alundavies8402
    @alundavies8402 Рік тому +240

    I am English but it’s been America that stood by my people not anyone else even the empire is dead but the American people have fought for to protect us from all kinds of evils so God bless America always gives me a tear in my eye they helped save the world and people should remember that

    • @DylanLeaharisson
      @DylanLeaharisson Рік тому +8

      I’m English too

    • @elizabethpotter6189
      @elizabethpotter6189 Рік тому +18

      Yes we are bound together by nationality and united purpose - god bless both countries

    • @RickThompson-d8s
      @RickThompson-d8s Рік тому +16

      Proud of my American GI father and my RAF mother. God Bless America and God Save the King!

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 Рік тому +1

      @@DylanLeaharisson good luck to you m

    • @kathywaller864
      @kathywaller864 Рік тому +12

      My GI dad was stationed in Scotland before taking part in the Normandy invasion. I have great respect for the British, who held out against Germany alone for so long. I doubt most Americans realize what we owe to Great Britain for holding firm.

  • @stephenspencer4672
    @stephenspencer4672 Рік тому +160

    There is no better interpretation of God Bless America than Kate Smith's the singer who introduced it to the world. ❤😊

    • @robc.5745
      @robc.5745 Рік тому +2

      I think Florence Henderson does a real good job.

  • @bonanzajoe
    @bonanzajoe Рік тому +208

    I'm Canadian. A military veteran. I have loved America and Americans ever since I can remember. I pray for America every day. O to God that He would come back to our nations again. Something terrible has happened and only God can right it. America bless God! Canada bless God!. If enough of us pray, He will come back.

    • @allison88888888
      @allison88888888 Рік тому +15

      amen, brother!

    • @dogwithheadphones
      @dogwithheadphones Рік тому +16

      As an American, thank you! Praying for Canada too! ❤🍁

    • @gordonmcmanus9529
      @gordonmcmanus9529 9 місяців тому +10

      What a loving neighbor you are and thank you for your prayers we sure need it today for both countries United States and Canada

    • @MarkKlimaszewski
      @MarkKlimaszewski 7 місяців тому

      Yes...something terrible has been growing quietly and unknown in the shadows for sixty years now. Red, murderous, mindless Marxism has made its bid to destroy the western world. People, our own citizens and foreign influencers who have been disguised as mild mannered well meaning socialists; just to the left of center, have made their grasp for power. Covid was an intentional attack, millions of American people have died. Murderous unruly mobs, the paid agents of our enemies stalk the land and thousands of businesses have been burnt but very little gets into the media because the network of traitors is vast. The next 10 to 15 years will decide....be strong people..

    • @eileenbachemin1617
      @eileenbachemin1617 7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for what you said !!! You are right only God can save us ❤

  • @marylou3995
    @marylou3995 Рік тому +163

    They should play this to all politicians- let them remember what America used to be, and let’s not forget schools.

    • @Janet-b7i
      @Janet-b7i 6 місяців тому +4

      Special song. Special Kate, special time

    • @baronedipiemonte3990
      @baronedipiemonte3990 5 місяців тому +3

      I've forgotten a lot of what I learned in elementary school... but perfectly remembered the lyrics of this, and to -> God Bless America... America the Beautiful... My Country Tis of Thee... and both parts of the Star Spangled Banner. I don't know if schools even teach these anymore. Personally, I don't think you could find 1 out of 20 members of Congress who know the words to even ONE... I'd bet that neither Presidential candidates know any of the lyrics to these.

    • @margaretbedwell3211
      @margaretbedwell3211 3 місяці тому +2

      Especially the schools. The children are hearing way too much garbage and hate.

  • @HunterCavin
    @HunterCavin Рік тому +133

    I am only 10 years old and I love old patriotic music

    • @mystery10man
      @mystery10man Рік тому +28

      Then the is hope for America with young people like you

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 Рік тому +13

      Good lad

    • @chrisgreer1911
      @chrisgreer1911 Рік тому +17

      Hopefully , we have a young man like ur self as president , if anyone of this generation was to run , always remember your Roots and what made u love listening too old patriotic music

    • @iap-ug3oy
      @iap-ug3oy 7 місяців тому +11

      Well said young man….America needs more young men like you more than ever….Best Wishes from.England.

    • @missagente8100
      @missagente8100 7 місяців тому +9

      This makes me so happy! It always warms my heart when younger generations hear the golden oldies and love them!

  • @Izumi-sp6fp
    @Izumi-sp6fp Рік тому +63

    Every once in a while, I really need a fix of Kate Smith. You are timeless miss Kate.

    • @DrMARDOC
      @DrMARDOC Рік тому +2

      Can you possibly imagine! Today in such times of Hybrid Warfare directed against America- FROM INSIDE ( think democrats) AND OUT …. If a heavy American girl singer came forth and sang this all across the Country what the violence and antagonism against her and her family would be? Imagine what the media would do to her!
      Sister Kate……

  • @patriciacurcio9455
    @patriciacurcio9455 Рік тому +55

    She was the only one who could sing God bless America so beautiful rest in peace 🕊️ Kate Smith

  • @NancyMoynihan
    @NancyMoynihan Рік тому +33

    I'm sitting here crying - my dad told me years ago when he was in the service & all guys heard this song - would just imagine she must be a "very beautiful lady" - since no TV on ships - She is indeed a beautiful lady - Thank You Ms. Kate Smith for wonderful memories .. . . . . RIP

  • @jcamisa50
    @jcamisa50 Рік тому +71

    Omg. I started to cry. Very emotional song love the way Kate Smith belts out that song!!!!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @DrMARDOC
      @DrMARDOC Рік тому

      Can you possibly imagine! Today in such times of Hybrid Warfare directed against America- FROM INSIDE ( think democrats) AND OUT …. If a heavy American girl singer came forth and sang this all across the Country what the violence and antagonism against her and her family would be? Imagine what the media would do to her!
      Sister Kate……

  • @Theaddora
    @Theaddora Рік тому +60

    My daddy was in the Army Air Corps during WWII so it chokes me up when I see the planes flying over the young men in the hangars. It reminds me of daddy.

    • @janet20257
      @janet20257 Рік тому +4

      My daddy was too 💙

    • @melvasu1163
      @melvasu1163 Рік тому +5

      Me too
      Dad and Mom both WWII

    • @janet20257
      @janet20257 Рік тому +6

      @@melvasu1163 🙂 🕯 🇺🇸

    • @Doug326
      @Doug326 9 місяців тому +4

      My Dad was in the Navy. Wonderful how the country united. May God bring back that America. And bring a revival of Christian faith.

  • @w1ldman1313
    @w1ldman1313 Рік тому +80

    No matter when or how I hear Kate sing I get goosebumps!

  • @crrnanny
    @crrnanny 21 день тому +14

    Oh, do I remember Kate Smith singing God Bless America. I was born in 1942 and we need to hear this and The Battle Hyhm of the Republic every single day. GOD BLESS AMERICA ❤

  • @elrekplaysgames4701
    @elrekplaysgames4701 Місяць тому +15

    it gives me chills running thru my spine.... Kate Smith had such a special voice. God Bless America, the land that I love.

  • @carrieolson6871
    @carrieolson6871 Рік тому +194

    This song puts pride in everyone's heart. God Bless America 🇺🇸

    • @phillipbrady4280
      @phillipbrady4280 10 місяців тому

      Not anyone in this awful tyrannical Regime that's attacking American freedom with illegal censorship, orders (aka mandates) & gun laws that infringe constitutional laws.

    • @ssinssg
      @ssinssg 10 місяців тому +2

      every yt. That's all

  • @Phototweaker
    @Phototweaker 6 місяців тому +9

    1:43 As a child, I remember watching the Kate Smith show on TV. She always sang this song. It stirred my heart then, as it does now.

  • @stevenbaer5999
    @stevenbaer5999 Рік тому +83

    American military personnel around the world actually cried on the radio when they actually heard her voice singing God Bless America. In 1968 on Rowan and Martin Laugh In, the guy Dan Rowan told her on the show can she actually sing God Help America.

    • @HunterCavin
      @HunterCavin Рік тому +3

      Wow I learned a new thing today

    • @buzzwaldron6195
      @buzzwaldron6195 Рік тому +2

      Yes, at that time we needed help getting out of EvilJFK's unneeded War on Vietnam...

  • @tklrrbccar3906
    @tklrrbccar3906 Рік тому +107

    God, family, country. They were paramount during the war. Today they are a faded memory. The greatest generation ever. One we will never see again. Truly sad. I pray God's mercy and cry each time Kate Smith sings this song. Ah the good ole days. Gone but not forgotten. GOD BLESS AMERICA! She needs it now more than ever!!

    • @karlamullins6972
      @karlamullins6972 6 місяців тому +1

      When "the greatest generation" came home from war, they no longer had time for church and God. Hippies came from them and people have progressively left God out and gotten worse. Until they come back, there is no hope for help.

    • @jbarcelona4
      @jbarcelona4 6 місяців тому +1

      What happens when you leave GOD out!

  • @tillyg8858
    @tillyg8858 18 днів тому +51

    I do miss the America that once was.

  • @williamzuggi3168
    @williamzuggi3168 7 місяців тому +209

    We need this love of country so badly 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

    • @kathyern861
      @kathyern861 6 місяців тому +13

      we need the love of God even more

    • @ned756
      @ned756 6 місяців тому

      @@kathyern861 trump needs to be gone from public life

    • @ned756
      @ned756 5 місяців тому

      @@142chrisjake trump is evil

    • @kathyern861
      @kathyern861 5 місяців тому +2

      @@142chrisjake I think I've heard that before. And I've also heard that if Trump gets in, we're done for.

    • @AndreaEllenG-i7u
      @AndreaEllenG-i7u 3 місяці тому +4

      We need new virtuous politicians. Our prayers and our doing the right thing and God will appeased.

  • @marclaw4511
    @marclaw4511 Рік тому +54

    The brilliant Kate Smith.

  • @williamshannon2871
    @williamshannon2871 14 днів тому +5

    Lest we forget that whether we are Republicans, Democrats, or Independents we are all Americans! Let us forget and forgive and Unite again as a United America!

    • @jimmiematho8082
      @jimmiematho8082 10 днів тому

      Democrats aren't they hate America wake up

  • @johnloudaros800
    @johnloudaros800 Рік тому +60

    A true American icon. Rest in peace Ms. Smith

  • @richardaidala206
    @richardaidala206 Рік тому +22

    I was 5yrs old, my father was overseas and i remember her singing this on the radio - I never forgot it when I hear it , I always remember That little boy

  • @dogwithheadphones
    @dogwithheadphones Рік тому +59

    Fun fact: the Philadelphia Flyers NHL team actually had Kate Smith sing God Bless America at some of the most important games in the season for a few years. The reason they did this was because almost every time that she sang, they won so they considered her singing a good luck charm. They even had her sing in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1974 and 1975, both of which the Flyers would win

    • @njplr
      @njplr 10 місяців тому +6

      The Broad Street Bullies. Sixth grade, most of us cut school to go to the celebration on Broad Street. Such fun memories.

    • @robd2721
      @robd2721 9 місяців тому +6

      And the Flyers ended up "honoring" her memory by removing the statue dedicated to her.

    • @andrewpotok2661
      @andrewpotok2661 7 місяців тому +4

      So bad they took her statue down. Screw the flyers

    • @josephgilorma6979
      @josephgilorma6979 7 місяців тому +1

      The statue was taken down by different team owners (Comcast/NBC). I'm glad I experienced the best of times and have the happy memories of the '74 team.

    • @josephvitielo1693
      @josephvitielo1693 7 місяців тому

      Should be The National Athem

  • @audreyposnock6268
    @audreyposnock6268 4 місяці тому +42

    When my Granparents came to America my Bubba eventually she became an American citizen.
    Every time I hear God Bless America I cry…
    My Bubba always asked me to sing her favorite song “God Bless America”

    • @rachelmorey7102
      @rachelmorey7102 4 місяці тому +5

      My Grandparents escaped Communism and became American Citizens. My Grandfather said “we are no longer Slovak, we are American!”

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 місяці тому

      That's awesome! Welcome! That was special of you to sing for her!
      Me too. It reminds me of when they used to play it in our school.

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 місяці тому

      @@rachelmorey7102 -Congratulations and welcome! So glad you escaped!

  • @robertadithomas5133
    @robertadithomas5133 4 місяці тому +25

    My father and uncles gave this song to me. They were the Greatest Generation!
    Mom of 2 Marines.
    God Bless America!

  • @missagente8100
    @missagente8100 7 місяців тому +49

    I got goosebumps. I was born in 1997 and miss when loving your country wasn’t a crime.

    • @thaddeusk4230
      @thaddeusk4230 5 місяців тому

      lmfao. Check yourself as loving our country isn't close to being a crime. Signed, a liberal.

    • @shirleybalinski4535
      @shirleybalinski4535 2 місяці тому +1

      Vote Trump 2024 & it won't be " bad" celebrating our Country.

  • @kte1126
    @kte1126 Рік тому +81

    As a brit this is the equivalent to land of hope and glory 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸

  • @Uncle65788
    @Uncle65788 9 місяців тому +13

    This is not so much a look back but a tug at the heart of what was true then is just as true today.

  • @PraisingWithFriends
    @PraisingWithFriends 4 місяці тому +314

    Having just watched the first presidential debate, this is such a poignant reminder of how far we’ve gone off the rails. God have mercy on us.

  • @alextheman3330
    @alextheman3330 Рік тому +80

    This makes me remember my 2 friends from my time in the marines
    Gone but not forgotten! Semper fi! ❤

    • @esthersansevere2278
      @esthersansevere2278 Рік тому +5

      Thank you…
      🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @daleday9306
      @daleday9306 7 місяців тому

      Simplify brother from a fellow marine

    • @baxtercol
      @baxtercol 6 місяців тому

      Thank you all for your service 🙏

    • @brianwhitford6086
      @brianwhitford6086 2 місяці тому

      It reminds me of all the people that gave their lives for our God and country. I can never stop loving either one of them. I always keep praying that He'll deliver us all from evil. It's just so hard to be patient, even when we remind ourselves that we must be. God is still here. He never left. Jesus said it himself, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." This song is more than a solumn prayer. It should serve as a reminder that God still stands with his children in America and beyond. Help of the helpless, He who changes not, through cloud and sunshine, in life and in death. I hear this song and suddenly I feel humbled, happy, sad yet in the end, revigorated. A reminder that no matter how far we have fallen, there's still work to be done in His name. He's still here. That, to me, is enough to pick us all back up. Thank you for your service to our country as well as those of your two friends. The Lord Bless you and keep you all sir. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

  • @charleslumpkin6170
    @charleslumpkin6170 Рік тому +20

    That note that Kate hits at the end was marvelously executed! Truly a world class singer!

  • @jsemancik1
    @jsemancik1 Рік тому +11

    this is the original version, with the original opening verse that you never hear anymore,,, it makes the song so much better

  • @Radiotron47
    @Radiotron47 Рік тому +60

    It does bring tears to my eyes. 🙏🇺🇸

    • @geraldinegazzara9801
      @geraldinegazzara9801 10 місяців тому +2

      She always ended her radio show saying “If you don’t write, you’re wrong”

  • @beckyfrazee1508
    @beckyfrazee1508 Рік тому +33

    One of my favorite songs since I was a child in the 1950's, I love to hear Kate Smith sing it!!

  • @jeanettefigueroa6086
    @jeanettefigueroa6086 18 днів тому +4

    Born in the late 70s, and I have never watched this before. I have heard her song though. We sang this song in school in the 80s. Culture and music always shifts and changes with time, but the lyrics and the heart behind them always remain the same. Patriotism is alive and well in the USA, it's just less broadcasted on TV/media. God Bless all my Grandparents and American Ancestors, our land and every Soul in every State of the USA. Prayers needed. There is nothing more powerful than Christian prayer! United we Stand! Christ is King of our Nation!

  • @markgordon5387
    @markgordon5387 Рік тому +13

    My grandmother introduced me to Kate Smith and Lily Pons. I loved their singing.

  • @emerydavis5682
    @emerydavis5682 Рік тому +16

    There aren't that many songs that bring tears to my eyes. This is one of them. NOBODY sings it as well as Kate Smith.

  • @donaldhelton9308
    @donaldhelton9308 Рік тому +43

    Im 89 and getting tears.I remember her and this song from when I was a kid.Thank you Kate

  • @rmac4896
    @rmac4896 Рік тому +29

    Great song and yes God Bless America forever

  • @bonnies.8699
    @bonnies.8699 Рік тому +13

    My dad played Kate Smith singing this song on his record player all the time in the 50's and 60's. May they both rest in peace. Bonnie in Indianapolis ❤

    • @alundavies8402
      @alundavies8402 Рік тому +1

      God bless your homeland America from the U.K.

  • @stephens2553
    @stephens2553 Рік тому +72

    BEST VERSION. Sings it straight up...no modern twists and turns.

    • @JoeKasino1947
      @JoeKasino1947 9 місяців тому

      @stephens2... agree.

    • @rmcfete
      @rmcfete 4 місяці тому

      That’s why she’s the best to ever do it!

  • @maureendibari2384
    @maureendibari2384 Рік тому +21

    Love the way she sings this song

  • @warrenwilson4818
    @warrenwilson4818 7 місяців тому +47

    I watch this video quite a lot. I especially like the coda, brief but spine-tingling. I'm almost 80. Today is Apr. 15, 2024, USA

  • @yvonnecornell4936
    @yvonnecornell4936 4 місяці тому +29

    We have been the greatest nation in history. Give God thanks

  • @davidroskelley3997
    @davidroskelley3997 10 місяців тому +3

    I would come home from grammar school and listen to Kate Smith sing this song as she closed the "Kate Smith Hour" in the early 1950's. Love kt still

  • @ValWells
    @ValWells 4 місяці тому +7

    This I see and hear of my love for our Beautiful Country! We must not let anyone or thing take her from us❤️

  • @annacrowder9548
    @annacrowder9548 4 місяці тому +7

    I came o the US in 1965. After 14 years went back to visit the family. Loved spending time there. But things had changed.
    When l got back on the airplane "God bless America" was on the intercome. It was all l could do not start crying.
    I still visit the old country.
    But America is home.

  • @arlenestacko3647
    @arlenestacko3647 Рік тому +14

    My mom and her family use to listen to Kate Smith on the radio back in the 30s or forties. What a wonderful voice.

  • @danielhardwick-mf3xr
    @danielhardwick-mf3xr Рік тому +14

    The most gut wrenching rendition of GOD BLESS AMERICA…..if you don’t get emotional over this song, you don’t LOVE AMERICA. MOST MILITARY VETS Have a “gut check” with her singing this song, I LOVE IT!

  • @maryannebagala9109
    @maryannebagala9109 4 місяці тому +24

    Yes..God bless America..! Beautiful song..no one sings it like Kate Smith..I still love my America..God have Mercy on America..She needs God..!!

  • @normabird1653
    @normabird1653 5 місяців тому +8

    My mother loved to hear Kate Smith sing. This is a beautiful song for her to sing. I hope my mom can hear her.

  • @ilonafrissina5617
    @ilonafrissina5617 11 місяців тому +11

    I love the way Kate Smith sings God Bless America. Just beautiful. Proud to be an American.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @spideraxis
    @spideraxis Рік тому +7

    The song that will always be associated with Kate Smith. She put her heart into it, and sang it better than anyone.

  • @bonniemoerdyk9809
    @bonniemoerdyk9809 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you Irving Berlin for this wonderful song, thank you Kate for singing it with such passion!

  • @beckyfrazee1508
    @beckyfrazee1508 Рік тому +9

    Loved this song and Kate Smith since I was a young girl.

  • @carolboer9444
    @carolboer9444 Рік тому +16

    No one can sing this like Kate Smith

  • @debrabolton9372
    @debrabolton9372 Рік тому +14

    My grandmother resembled Kate Smith and had a beautiful voice like her. God Bless America has always been my favorite patriotic song. ❤️🤍💙

  • @MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper
    @MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper Рік тому +35

    Beautiful composition presented by the best lady to send the message of strength, respect, and love for God and country. God bless the USA 🇺🇸

    • @buzzwaldron6195
      @buzzwaldron6195 Рік тому

      Untrue, religions are evil FOREIGN psychotic mass murderous mental illness and fuel all the unneeded wars... be glad when they finally all fade away... USA free of their evil... -from a 75 year old war veteran

  • @Christian_Girl120
    @Christian_Girl120 11 місяців тому +7

    Kate Smith had such a beautiful voice!!!! She performs this song to perfection!

  • @AVHD2
    @AVHD2 Рік тому +12

    There will always be something so perfect about her voice, especially when singing this song. God bless America 🇺🇸

  • @iamme453
    @iamme453 Місяць тому +3

    No one has ever sung it better. I try to sing along and can't make it thru without choking up.

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 Рік тому +11

    The British had Vera Lynn, and the Americans had Kate Smith. Two wonderful singers and morale boosters!

  • @tonyrusso7302
    @tonyrusso7302 10 місяців тому +5

    The most inspirational rendition of this song I've ever heard. Hate to admit it but, it sometimes brings a tear to my eye.

  • @asjzmtbkn
    @asjzmtbkn Рік тому +21

    Great patriotic song of America sung by Kate Smith!!!

  • @mrennat9559
    @mrennat9559 4 місяці тому +14

    We need to pray for our country. I have and will continue to do so. God Bless America.

  • @10z20
    @10z20 11 місяців тому +6

    our soldiers, our boys and girls, fought to keep our country free. i remember that every day. god bless america.

  • @rosefinny4219
    @rosefinny4219 4 місяці тому +2

    🌹I previously meant to add to my comment: I found this video, quite unexpectedly, with my Mother (soon to be 100 years young & very well loved) sitting beside me. As she watched very attentively, tears began to stream down her beautiful face, for Kate Smith had always been a favorite entertainer, in her life. I come from a long line, of military ancestors and I was taught to be proud and respectful, of each and every one of them and to respect and love our flag🦅 ❤🤍💙GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS🙏

  • @esthersansevere2278
    @esthersansevere2278 Рік тому +15

    Beautiful !!
    Thank you Miss Kate…

  • @patriciabyerly5591
    @patriciabyerly5591 4 місяці тому +5

    God bless America we will stay strong and get thru the chaos happening today. I love my country

  • @johnsonandjohnson7298
    @johnsonandjohnson7298 19 днів тому +3

    On this November 5th. May this song be sung by those who know your name Holy Father.
    ✨🙏💛🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @winstonsmith3070
    @winstonsmith3070 Рік тому +23

    Once upon a time in the late, once great, United States. R.I.P.

  • @ajb.9094
    @ajb.9094 Місяць тому +17

    Oh, Father, continue to advance your church to rescue our nation. Thank you for this blessed, free country, but may it remain a stronghold for Liberty! 🗽✝️😊

  • @morningdove20
    @morningdove20 Рік тому +61

    7-3-23. 8:45 pm. Happy 4th of July America, and especially to all of the Heroes out there, here and gone, who Loved our Flag and many who lost their lives for it, and for 'our' Freedom. And.. for those who remember the very Best of Our America. 🇺🇸 ❤️

  • @rosanichols5005
    @rosanichols5005 Рік тому +3

    I can't either, what a beautiful song and she sings it so touching. She sings it the best of anyone I know.