OT: Happy July 4th!

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bernmeister

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Title says it all.
:yo::wg::vhappy::wave::clap::bb::hockey::partytime::cheers::5:

Will add to this post when I get a chance later.

God Bless America, and the rest of the free world.

Enjoy!
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The Star Spangled Banner, © 2015 (v. 2) by Bernhard Christian Helgason. All Rights Reserved. Placed here by permission. For review purposes only.

O say can you see by the dawn’s early light
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming
whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight
o’er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets red glare
the bombs bursting in air
gave proof the night
that our flag was still there
O say does that star spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave

So say the brave free, our great flag flies with might,
Stars ‘n stripes speak most loud, U. S. A. has liberty!
Recall then God’s great gift
was this rev’rent blest night.
Tho’ McHenry most bombed,
the Fort’s distressed armory.
But Brit shells were denied,
we now trumpet with pride,
Our prayers had been heard
God’s Own Hand on our side!
Yay proclaim the Star-Spangled Banner still waves,
Unfurl’d Old Glory be, freedom’s Author so saves!
 
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I want to say happy America day with my fellow Americans. --Pavel Buchnevich
 
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I'm not sure America is the BEST place in the world to live, though it's there at the very top. But the things you can achieve in the US regardless of who you are, your background, how much (or in my case how little) money you had, etc. make it THE greatest place in the world. I see that clearly now having been abroad for many years. Happy 4th !
 
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