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Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - BigEasyCard - 11-14-2015
I have written to the Athletics Department suggesting that we do the same this evening:
http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2015/11/army_football_team_takes_the_f.html#incart_river_home
Geaux Cardinal!
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - FarmBoy - 11-14-2015
That would be awesome. Maybe someone on the team has French heritage and would be honored to carry it.
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - BigEasyCard - 11-14-2015
If anyone else wants to add their voice, here is a link to Stanford Athletics Staff Directory:
http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208445402&DB_OEM_ID=30600&DB_OEM_ID=30600
I wrote to Alan George, Director of Communications with direct responsibility for football.
Geaux Cardinal!
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - French Rage - 11-14-2015
Any chance the band could learn La Marseillaise in a few hours?
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - Rally - 11-14-2015
Such great ideas! Writing now. I'll bet the band is already working on it. Hope so.
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - French Rage - 11-14-2015
If they can't do that, they could just play this on the jumbotron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM
La Marseillaise, English lyrics - Mick - 11-14-2015
In case you want to sing along. Some pretty violent lyrics. Maybe ISIS/ISIL will take heed:
Marseillaise - English lyrics
Arise children of the fatherland
The day of glory has arrived
Against us tyranny's
Bloody standard is raised
Listen to the sound in the fields
The howling of these fearsome soldiers
They are coming into our midst
To cut the throats of your sons and consorts
To arms citizens Form your battalions
March, march
Let impure blood
Water our furrows
What do they want this horde of slaves
Of traitors and conspiratorial kings?
For whom these vile chains
These long-prepared irons?
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What methods must be taken?
It is us they dare plan
To return to the old slavery!
What! These foreign cohorts!
They would make laws in our courts!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
Would cut down our warrior sons
Good Lord! By chained hands
Our brow would yield under the yoke
The vile despots would have themselves be
The masters of destiny
Tremble, tyrants and traitors
The shame of all good men
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will receive their just reward
Against you we are all soldiers
If they fall, our young heros
France will bear new ones
Ready to join the fight against you
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors
Bear or hold back your blows
Spare these sad victims
That they regret taking up arms against us
But not these bloody despots
These accomplices of Bouillé
All these tigers who pitilessly
Ripped out their mothers' wombs
We too shall enlist
When our elders' time has come
To add to the list of deeds
Inscribed upon their tombs
We are much less jealous of surviving them
Than of sharing their coffins
We shall have the sublime pride
Of avenging or joining them
Drive on sacred patriotism
Support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished liberty
Join the struggle with your defenders
Under our flags, let victory
Hurry to your manly tone
So that in death your enemies
See your triumph and our glory!
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - Rally - 11-14-2015
(11-14-2015, 01:03 PM)BigEasyCard link Wrote:If anyone else wants to add their voice, here is a link to Stanford Athletics Staff Directory:
http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208445402&DB_OEM_ID=30600&DB_OEM_ID=30600
I wrote to Alan George, Director of Communications with direct responsibility for football.
Geaux Cardinal!
Mr. George just replied that there will be a moment of silence in observance.
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - Mick - 11-14-2015
The Warriors played Le Marseillaise before their game with the Nets. There are ten French nationals playing in the NBA.
Re: Army football team takes the field with American and French flags - French Rage - 11-14-2015
(11-14-2015, 04:37 PM)garvin link Wrote:Not everybody is fond of this song.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/05/world/aux-barricades-la-marseillaise-is-besieged.html
Well, in 1992. Attitudes may have changed since.