AUDIO: WOMAN SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
While visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on June 16th, a woman named G. Star Swain was encouraged to sing “The National Anthem” by what sounds like her husband. He shot a video, it hit YouTube, and the rest is history. As she sings, first one person notices, then another, then another, and soon enough everybody has turned to watch her. It’s a beautiful moment. Ruined only by a guy at the end going, “If you want her, I’m her manager. Call me,” before giving out the phone number.
(full video, including the guy giving out the number at the end, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11O4uZg4-c)
* Yeah, well YOU find a better way to get free press these days.
* So … it was just a commercial? Suckers!
* Well, it beats going through the grind of “American Idol.”
* It was so good, Abe Lincoln started tappin’ his foot.
* It was so good, the soldiers in the Iwo Jima statue put up a second flag.
* It was so good, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial walked over and sat on Abe Lincoln’s lap just to listen.
* She sang and the rest is history? Look, it’s a viral YouTube clip. Let’s not get crazy here.
* It’ll be forgotten the next time a cat chases a flashlight beam.
* Do you realize the trouble this will cause? Every singer out there is going to try a stunt like this.
* I’d go see the Lincoln Memorial now before Trump replaces it with a statue of himself.
CLIP: G. Star Swain sings the National Anthem at the Lincoln Memorial.
