AMERICA

 I am forever thankful!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
... May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

 

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the white House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness, You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." -Erma Bombeck

I hope you all had a wonderful July 4th.