Last Edited: 9/26/2017 10:21:35 AM by Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame

And, yet another point of view.  It appears my old buddy, Fred, was a lover of the Star Spangled Banner, as well as the flag and U.S. Armed Forces:

http://tinyurl.com/jt8fmew

Key Quote:

[Frederick] Douglass was known to frequently play “The Star-Spangled Banner” on his violin for his grandchildren in the years after the war. He said in an 1871 speech at Arlington National Cemetery that “if the star-spangled banner floats only over free American citizens in every quarter of the land, and our country has before it a long and glorious career of justice, liberty, and civilization, we are indebted to the unselfish devotion of the noble army.”

[My reference to Frederick Douglass as my "old buddy" is part of a family joke.  I've read so much about him, and visited so many historical spots related to him that my children have started to refer to him that way.]

Here's a little more detailed analysis of the vote.  It is from a partisian persepective, but the facts presented are generally accurate:

http://tinyurl.com/ybpojxfh

Here's a key quote:

Goldwater was one of just six Senate Republicans to vote against the bill in 1964, while 21 Senate Democrats opposed it. It passed by an overall vote of 73-27. In the House, 96 Democrats and 34 Republicans voted against the Civil Rights Act, passing with an overall 290-130 vote. While most Democrats in both chambers voted for it, the bulk of the opposition still was from Democrats.