Happy Birthday, America!

Here's an article from Fox News I found interesting:

10 Things You Might Not Know About America's Independence

I've been teaching the words of the Star Spangled Banner to Hana,

so I thought I would share:

Oh, 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 thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

And God Bless America:

God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above;

From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.

America the Beautiful:

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!

And how about that Pledge of Allegiance?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

In the words of Lee Greenwood, "I'm Proud to be an American...GOD BLESS THE USA!"