the playing of the Navy Hymn just did me in...

[CTyankee]

I try to remind myself that President Carter was 100 years old and that he would have been glad to see Rosalyn again in heaven. But the tears still come for a generous, kind man and he left us at a point when we face the swearing in of a grotesque, vile human being as POTUS. The contrast could not be greater.

[sakabatou]

1. "Strong to Save"?

[CTyankee]

3. Yes. Hubby was so moved he played several versions this morning...

he was in the Navy and headed for Guantanemo for duty when, on home for Christmas in Wisconsin, encountered a bad snowstorm, resulting in months of recovery, mostly physical therapy. That cut short his Navy service. His father had served in the occupation of Japan after WW2 so he wanted to serve in the Navy.

[Emile]

2. Georgia on My Mind' plays at end of Capitol service

and that brought tears too.

[CTyankee]

5. Yep.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I cried on the plane yesterday as I watched a CNN

documentary "The First Rock & Roll President". I remember how America was back then. GOPer, John Wayne, spoke at Carter's inauguration ball and the Republicans pushed the Panama Canal turnover. It brought back how far ahead Carter was. It reminded me of the chance we had last November and how low the US has come.
So, I cried for Jimmy Carter and I cried for my lost country.

[CTyankee]

6. I love that he taught Sunday School at a church near his home after he left the Presidency.

I had an uncle back in Texas when I was growing up who had been a state senator and was a local judge. He took me to Sunday School (Presbyterian) when I visited every summer. It was all the religion I got because my parents were put off by Billy Graham and all the Southern church folk at the time.

[wnylib]

24. As the most decent and honorable American leaves us,

the most indecent, despicable American takes over the nation.

That's plenty of reason to cry.

[Martin Eden]

7. The greatest moral chasm between two presidents, ever

Is the man being laid to rest vs the monster soon to take office.

[Deuxcents]

8. True and said so well

[dchill]

9. "The contrast could not be greater."

Not joking. No hyperbole.

[Danmel]

10. It was FDRs favorite hymn

My son loved playing that in the school babd.

[wnylib]

27. The church that I grew up in used to sing it from time to time,

usually around holidays like Memorial Day and Veteran's Day.

Not sure why they chose the Navy Hymn. Maybe because we were in a Great Lakes port city. We sang it often enough that I still remember all the words of the first 2 verses.

My father was a Navy vet from WWII. One of my brothers was a career Navy man. The other brother served one enlistment in the Navy.

[BOSSHOG]

11. Yes it still jerks my tears

52 years after I enlisted.

[lastlib]

12. "human being"??

if that creature is actuallly a member of the human race, then we need to do some serious weeding out of the gene pool.....

[surfered]

13. Well said.

[japple]

14. In the service at the Carter Center, that hymn was sung by the Morehouse

College Men's Glee Club. My tears flowed like a waterfall. Then they sang Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory and the dam let loose. It was so beautiful.

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[madamesilverspurs]

15. Same here.

We have Navy in the family all the way back to the Revolution. Both of my brothers served in the Navy; one did three tours in Viet Nam, the other traveled the world and retired two weeks before 9-11 and later blew all our minds when he voted for trump. I suspect there will be many more tears, given Carter's passing and trump's second coming.


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[aeromanKC]

16. President Carter gets to see American democracy implode from a 50 yard line skybox.

Much better seats than we have!!

[usonian]

17. I seem to recall it played for JFK, Navy Veteran,

[Codifer]

20. As I recall,

the Navy has provided more presidents than other services:

FDR did not serve (polio) but was Secretary of the Navy

Truman was Army artilleryman (WWI)

Eisenhower was of course Army (Supreme Allied Commander)

JFK Navy

Johnson Navy

Nixon Navy

Ford ???

Carter Navy

Reagan fought the terrible battle of Topanga Canyon

poppy Bush Navy

Clinton none

shrub bush Air Force Reserve

Obama No war

The Sick Fuck fought and evaded social diseases with bone spurs

I will go now and look up Ford's service (at some point)

[sarge1943]

22. Ford was Navy

Served from 1942 to 45 in the Pacific theater.

[Codifer]

28. thank you

[orangecrush]

18. My first time voting at age 18

Was for Jimmy Carter.

I got to vote at 18 because of the Vietnam war.

There was a large push for "if I'm old enough to die for the country, I'm old enough to vote.

Edit -They changed the law in 1971.

[Paladin]

19. My mother teared up, any time she heard the Navy Hymn.

She had several school friends who went to war and never returned. One of them was a sailor who went down with the USS Arizona, at Pearl Harbor in 1941.

May God bless and keep President Carter, an accomplished Naval man and a first-rate chief of state.

[elleng]

21. Got me, too.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. I was a junior in high school.............

and was at home because President Kennedy had been shot. As they carried his coffin up the steps of the US Capital (the place SO defiled by the in-coming regime!) - the US NAVY band (President Kennedy was in the Navy too) played 'The Navy Hymn.'
I'd never heard it referred to as 'the NAVY hymn' - but was blown away by the beauty of the band playing it.
I watched the video recording - and the tears flowed - just as they did in 1963.
A marvelous tribute to a great man - and GREAT AMERICAN..................

[DinahMoeHum]

25. Naval Academy Glee Club at the Capitol Rotunda

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[surfered]

26. A British hymn written written in 1860 and..

…inspired by Psalm 107 and the bravery of British seafarers.