{"id":3778,"date":"2015-03-18T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:36:23","slug":"our-national-anthem-at-ut-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2015\/03\/18\/our-national-anthem-at-ut-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Our National Anthem &#8211; At UT Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3779\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/star-spangled-5861.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3779\" alt=\"The Glee Club Sings Our National Anthem\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/star-spangled-5861.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/star-spangled-5861.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/star-spangled-5861-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Glee Club Sings Our National Anthem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week the Glee Club started off several of their concerts with the National Anthem. \u00a0To the Grunge, it always fits, no matter the venue or assembled group.<\/p>\n<p>At the UT Elementary School (a charter school), the kids loved it. \u00a0I caught s glimpse out of the corner of my eye at one young lady in particular. \u00a0As soon as the Glee Club started singing, she rose to her feet and stood at attention. \u00a0Then several times throughout, she would salute. \u00a0There&#8217;s a part of me that wondered if a parent or parents were\/are in the Service. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t ask and it would not have mattered. \u00a0What matters, I think, is that she understood the importance of the Anthem in her own, very special, way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3780\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/salute-5857.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3780\" alt=\"A Salute!\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/salute-5857.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/salute-5857.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/03\/salute-5857-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Salute!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It reminds me that patriotism is always in style and also the tremendous impact our guys have on others when they are out and about. \u00a0I saw it often as the Glee Club traveled from the Alamo to Vista Ridge High School to the retirement community at Longhorn Village. \u00a0These guys are the face of Wabash!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the Glee Club started off several of their concerts with the National Anthem. \u00a0To the Grunge, it always fits, no matter the venue or assembled group. 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