Woman boldly performs national anthem at Lincoln Memorial

Star Swain, 34, was on a trip to Washington, D.C. on June 16 with the minister of music at her church, Marcus Henderson, and his family, along with Godby High assistant principal Benny Bolden and his family.

During a recent trip to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Ms. Swain belted out a version of the National Anthem that left onlookers frozen in their tracks.

The video has been viewed more than 10 million times after it was posted to Facebook. The video has also been seen thousands of times elsewhere, including on Swain’s YouTube account.

The delightful video features an initially shy Star Swain being coaxed by a man behind the camera to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in the undeniably appropriate location. The longer she sings, the bigger the crowd grows.

Swain was a member of the Marching 100 at FAMU.

Swain has been overwhelmed with the response to the video and posted a message of thanks to her Facebook account as the clip neared one million views. “AMAZING!”, Nay Michelle wrote on her Facebook page.

“I’m a combat veteran and I’ve laid many soldiers and friends to rest in defense of our nation”.