Posted on 05/26/2019 10:13:45 PM PDT by lowbridge
A New Jersey stadium went wild on Sunday when a 96-year-old played a touching rendition of the National Anthem on his harmonica ahead of Memorial Day.
Pete DuPre played the tune at halftime during the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s USWNT match against Mexico at Red Bull Arena in Harrington.
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The 96-year-old served as a medic in the 114th General Hospital Unit in Kidderminster, England where he treated wounded service members from across Europe during World War II
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THank you for posting. Will watch now.
GOD BLESS
Link?
Ya beat me.
It’s amazing how much emotion and soul he communicates through that little instrument, just wow.
Awesome.
Worth a re-post, the more the merrier. Hope people watch it. :)
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Love it!
Also like Led Zeppelin’s harp masterpiece, When the Levee Breaks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwiTs60VoTM
I’d rather have ten of him than a whole damned division of millennial snowflakes. Good job, old fellow.
Fantastic!
God bless him. God bless all our veterans.
AWESOME post!
God Bless America
Some people are amazing. I feel total respect and cry for how mundane and worthless my life has been. I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!!!!
Yes you are! And he (and his friends, some of whom didn’t make it back) they did what they did... for you!
God bless them for their sacrifice.
(The fact that you are on Free Republic alone suggests that you are one of the few people keeping this country afloat and the spirit of America alive. Keep on trekkin’!)
Very nice, thanks for posting.
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