Happy Birthday, America

Just going to repeat a post from a few years ago:

I have no great insights or grand prose to give you this Independence Day. I can't do any better than giving you a repeat of my Patriotic Band Nerd:



and a repeat of a most eloquent quote by Benjamin Harrison, which more than any other I have ever read captures the solemnity and gravity of the signing of the Declaration of Indepencence:

I shall have a great advantage over you, Mr. Gerry, when we are all hung for what we are now doing. From the size and weight of my body I shall die in a few minutes, but from the lightness of your body you will dance in the air an hour or two before you are dead.

Happy Birthday, America. And many more.

And to all our military personnel serving everywhere in the world, our sincerest thanks and all our support. We owe you, in the words of a grand document, "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor". You have never failed us; I only hope we will not fail you.