{"id":860,"date":"2009-08-14T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/readers-share-hannity-freedom.html"},"modified":"2009-08-14T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T11:47:00","slug":"readers-share-hannity-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/readers-share-hannity-freedom.html","title":{"rendered":"Readers Share Hannity Freedom Concert Experiences; What Did You Think Of The Event?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/michael-w-smith-joins-sean-han_comments.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Hannity Freedom Concerts<\/a> are wrapping up this month, with shows August 15 in Jackson, NJ; August 21 in Cincinnati, OH; and August 22 in Atlanta, GA. The line up for the concerts has included CCM legend Michael W. Smith, Billy Ray Cyrus, Charlie Daniels, Lee Greenwood and Col. Oliver North. I don&#8217;t know if tickets are still available for those shows, but you can find out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/premierecollectibles.com\/freedomconcert\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Concert ticket sale website.<\/a> Just click the city you want to check out and you&#8217;ll get all the info.<br \/>\nSince I wasn&#8217;t able to attend any of the concerts, I thought I&#8217;d share some comments from readers who were:<br \/>\nDenise writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My husband and I were at the concert in Glendale AZ on 8\/9\/2009 and we were both so touched by the performances. We loved Michael W Smiths music and were especially moved by his song She Stands along with the video played along with it. We enjoyed the entire show and would love to buy a dvd of the show someday. Hopefully they decide to put one together to raise even more money for families of our fallen heroes!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another reader wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I purchased Golden Package for August 8th concert and we had a blast. We were so moved by families of fallen heroes and folks around us. You have to be there and feel the atmosphere around you, everyone is like one big family. I am very proud to be an American, especially now when it is not popular.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Sean Hannity and Oliver North are Great Americans. The program they created to help families of our fallen heroes goes beyond good&#8230; and for people who are still talking trash like Jake and Daisy, I will say this&#8230; you are lucky you do not know what its mean to live in the country like Russia (I was born there and lived half of my life there), where you can disappear without a trace if you start saying things against the government, so shut up and enjoy the freedom here until it will be taken off by your buddy &#8220;O&#8221;. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>SARG, thank you for your services to this Great country and God Bless you all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Were you able to attend one of the Hannity Freedom Concerts? If so, tell us about it!<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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