From last night’s Country Music Awards:

Anderson has always been a huge supporter of America’s military, and here’s an interview where she talks about her most memorable standing ovation:

CL: Lynn, you have sung for five U.S. Presidents. How did you get so many invitations to the White House?
LA: I rarely use my political preferences to try to entice votes for either party. I’m an AMERICAN before any Party Preference. “Rose Garden” is a recurring theme in White House News. I’m an unabashed supporter of our Troops… wherever they are in this world. I worked for two years with Bob Hope.
CL: Lynn, at your concerts you get a lot of standing ovations. Can you remember at your first standing ovation and for which song?
LA: My most memorable one: I sang at Texas Stadium when our Troops returned from Vietnam. Bob Hope was our host. When I sang “Rose Garden” … 5.000 US Marines in dress blues stood at attention and saluted. A USMC Honor Guard presented me with an American Flag which had flown over a small patch of Real Estate at NamPhong, Thailand … named MCAS “Rose Garden”. My “Rose Garden Marines” (those who served at MCAS “Rose Garden”) join us in Angel Fire, NM. for a reunion each year, on Memorial Day.

I look forward to seeing the same sort of thing from the celebs at the upcoming Emmy’s and Oscar’s. ~Snort.~