{"id":462293,"date":"2010-03-23T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com\/?p=14763"},"modified":"2010-03-23T11:42:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T15:42:39","slug":"oh-say-can-you-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/462293","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Say Can You HEAR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> &#8220;&#8230;and the home of the brave!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At most sports stadiums, the last line of the Star Spangled Banner is often harder to hear because of the cheering from spectators. For folks at Chicago Blackhawks games, the cheering starts at the BEGINNING&#8230;at\u00a0&#8216;<em>Oh, say can you see&#8230;&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Legend (and some &#8216;Hawks fans) has it that the enthusiastic cheering and clapping throughout the entire National Anthem began during a home play-off game in the mid-80&#8217;s. Since then, the din has become as much a part of the hockey games as sticks and skates.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=4120289&#038;w=400&#038;h=249\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/\">FoxNews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Season ticket holder Terry Hansen said, &#8220;I first started coming to games when I was a little kid with my cousins at the (Chicago Stadium), and it was even louder there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, I love it&#8230;it&#8217;s great. You know, everyone is standing up and cheering. It really makes you proud to live in the U.S.,&#8221; said Maggie Pucher, a Blackhawks fan.<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;not everybody.<\/p>\n<p>Sports blogger Rob Otto has a problem with the Blackhawks pre-game anthem ritual. We need to mention here as a disclaimer that Rob is from Michigan&#8230;home of the Blackhawk&#8217;s arch-rivals, the Detroit Red Wings.<\/p>\n<p>But Otto does have a point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a specific way you&#8217;re supposed to be for the national anthem,&#8221; said Otto, &#8220;and when flag is being raised\u00a0 in official capacity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Code states during playing of the national anthem: &#8220;&#8230;all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;the cheering then isn&#8217;t polite?&#8230;maybe un-patriotic, too?<\/p>\n<p>Not to US servicemen and women who&#8217;ve seen the anthem spectacle in person. Regularly before each Blackhawks game, a pair of military members stand on the ice&#8230;as honored guests of the team.<\/p>\n<p>At a recent game US Army specialist Steve Baskis stood there at attention during the anthem. Baskis lost his eye-sight from a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq. But Baskis&#8217; hearing works quite well.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards Baskis said, &#8220;It was very moving. You don&#8217;t normally hear that many Americans cheering and making some noise and when you got US military on the ice and when the anthem&#8217;s playing, I think that&#8217;s great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Such endorsements from America&#8217;s military men and women are typical.<\/p>\n<p>Given that&#8230;and the absence of any complaints from folks at the games, the Blackhawks organization has no intention of trying to quiet the crowd as the Star Spangled Banner begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;and the home of the brave! At most sports stadiums, the last line of the Star Spangled Banner is often harder to hear because of the cheering from spectators. 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