Red White and Blue in the Garden

                                        God Bless America - by Irving Berlin 

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, 

 Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free. 

 Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, 

 As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. 

 God bless America, land that I love 

 Stand beside her and guide her 

 Through the night with the 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.

Friendship, Flag and Freedom

Friends that drove a LONG way to be with our son at his graduation. It's always nice to have family at a special event like this - but I think it's even more special to have your friends.

Three quotes for today - One on Friendship, One on our Flag, and One on our Freedom.

Happy 4th of July!

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

~George M. Cohan

And I'm proud to be an American,

where at least I know I'm free.

And I won't forget the men who died,

who gave that right to me.

~Lee Greenwood

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

"The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men."
~Franklin D. Roosevelt