Memorial Day Videos: 'Baseball Hero Saves the Flag' and 'America the Beautiful' Posted by Noel Sheppard on May 28, 2007 - 11:29. Folks, last year at this time, I posted a number of commemorative videos to help you celebrate Memorial Day. “The True Meaning of Memorial Day” can be seen here, and Ray Charles marvelously singing “America the Beautiful” here. By far, the most popular was “Another Memorial Day Video: Baseball Hero Saves the American Flag.”In it, the uplifting story of Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday was told: [T]hirty years ago this past April, as America was in the process of celebrating its...