Star-Spangled Banner at Buckingham Palace

11 September AD 2015

Queen Elizabeth after 9-11, breaking with royal protocol, ordered the playing of The Star Spangled Banner at Buckingham Palace:

For the first time, the Queen allowed her troops to play The Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States, during the ceremony in tribute to the many who died.

Standing beyond the palace railings, many of the 5,000 Americans broke down in tears and held their right hands over their heart in salute.

At first, the anthem, played by the band of the Coldstream Guards, was heard in a hushed silence and then slowly, one by one, many started singing until the words of The Star Spangled Banner echoed across Green Park.

As the final notes of the anthem faded away, the musical tribute from the British armed forces, so warmly welcomed by those present, was greeted by a round of applause before a two-minute silence was observed.

Traffic on The Mall, one of central London’s busiest thoroughfares, came to a halt during the tribute.

Standing rigidly to attention in the palace courtyard in front of the troops from the Coldstream Guards and the 1st Bn, the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Duke of York, representing the Queen, took the formal salute.

Beside him, with hand on his heart, stood William Farish, the American ambassador to Britain.

Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.

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DonL

Friday, September 11, AD 2015 5:29am

And in response with gratitude, America then elected a man who sent back the bust of Winston Churchill as if it contained the Ebola virus.

Paul W Primavera

Friday, September 11, AD 2015 8:05am

Mors Islamismo!
Mors Liberalismo!
Vive Christe Rex!

Elizabeth Fitzmaurice

Friday, September 11, AD 2015 11:29am

Beautiful, just beautiful. Sniff, sniff.

paul coffey

Saturday, September 12, AD 2015 10:22am

Don L. – spot on. i recall watching the events that day and the British band , it may have been this one, came marching out to the tune of the ‘Stars and stripes forever’. How proud i felt for the Brits’ and us, the colonials- I was more awestruck at that than i was when i first heard the red army chorus sing God Bless America.

My son Damien was a marine corps. reservist[sgt.] and we together watched the 9/11 day unfold beginning about 8:55. He got an activation call that very afternoon @ 2: P. M. He served in Anasariah[sp], Iraq. helping guard one of the 2 bridges used by the armed forces to attack and secure Baghdad. He came home safely, finished his masters’ degree married, has 4 children but won’t talk about the war unless asked and even then , sparingly.

Foxfier

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Sunday, September 13, AD 2015 4:02pm

That was incredibly classy.

I hadn’t heard about this.

Star-Spangled Banner at Buckingham Palace

Donald R. McClarey

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