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Fourth of July, Stars and Stripes Forever, John Phillip Sousa

Let Freedom Ring! 

The Fourth of July, is the day when all of America celebrates it's Independence.  Last year, I happened to be in Siena, Italy of the 4th.  It was a little different being away from home on such a festive day.  So, this year, I hope to hear all the patriotic songs of celebration.

As freedom rings across the United States, we may go to the fireworks,  band concerts, picnics, parties, the beach, cookouts and family reunions.  Some families do it up with an extravaganza and others will be more laid back.  Whether you are in the city or a sprawling landscape, you can't help but pass the day enjoying each other without listening to some patriotic songs. 

Who doesn't enjoy John Phillips Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever (The March King)


Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.


Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.


Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.


Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with might endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.

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A brief video on America, being family and simple basic American values.
Not 50 shades of grey




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America, the Beautiful

As we approach Memorial Day in the United States and then the Fourth of July, I begin to start listening to patriotic songs.

A pictorial tribute to Katherine Lee Bates

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

 youtube video of The United States of America with state flags









~~~~~~~~~ Here's a youtube rendition with Frank Sinatra


O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

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 ev'ry gain divine!

O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Katherine Lee Bates 1913