October 2025

No one expected him to sing — not tonight, not after all these years. But when Neil Diamond stepped to the microphone and began the first trembling notes of the American National Anthem, time itself seemed to pause. His voice, weathered yet golden, rose through the silence like a prayer — carrying both the ache and the pride of a lifetime spent beneath the same flag. Veterans saluted. Families held hands. Strangers wiped tears they couldn’t explain. By the final line, the crowd wasn’t cheering — they were weeping. Because in that moment, one man’s song became every heart’s memory of what it means to belong.

Introduction A NATION IN TEARS: NEIL DIAMOND’S UNFORGETTABLE RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM No one...