AMERICA!

Our fathers' God to Thee,

Author of Liberty,

To thee we sing,

Long may our land be bright

With Freedom's holy light,

Protect us by thy might

Great God, our King.

This is a day late but oh well.
America deserves to be celebrated everyday
I love America so much. So very very much. I think I've always been a pretty patriotic person.

America is just the greatest. It really is. If you look at how our Nation was created--it really is incredible and so inspiring. We don't appreciate it a one millionth of how we should.
Just think of it-
Thousands of people leaving their homes in the middle of the night. Leaving behind friends, family, jobs, churches--everything they know-- being tossed and turned through the ocean to reach this land. Building up a Nation from nothing. Creating all that we have now. So many people have sacrificed so much for what we take for granted today.
Patrick Henry gave his life for America and her freedom.  Seconds away from death he stood on a chair with a noose around his neck--
"I regret that I have but one life to loose for my country"
If only we had an ounce of his dedication and appreciation for this land. Our freedom is a gift to us. We didn't earn it. We were born into it. And it can be taken away oh so easily.
Our founding fathers were amazing people. They were inspired and lead by God. I hope that they are not dissapinted in the way that I am treating the country they made me. I hope I honor it as I should. I hope we all honor America for what it is- an amazing gift that we should cherish and protect with all our might.
I love this country so much. It is so beautiful, so inspired and so precious. Let us all make a renewed effort this year to appreciate and honor it- to always strive to protect it and to honor those who are still giving their lives to protect it.   God Bless America!

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.  I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.  ~Abraham Lincoln

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.  ~Paul Sweeney

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.  ~Thomas Jefferson

America is much more than a geographical fact.  It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.  ~Adlai Stevenson

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
~John Dickenson

 My God!  How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!  ~Thomas Jefferson

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance.  It is also owed to justice and to humanity.  Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.  ~James Bryce