today is a wonderful day in America...a day to celebrate the great nation we live in and belong to...a day to be thankful for the freedoms we have and the people who defend them...a day to reflect on our "one nation, under God", and where she's at today. as much as i am greatly disturbed by what America has become, how unacceptable patriotism has become and how non-American most "American's" are...i am truly greatful for this country and the blessings God has poured out on her. i am extremely patriotic, for those of you who don't know me...a gratitude that was instilled in me by my mother......i will likely cry during the fireworks this evening, i cry during the national anthem, america the beautiful, and even proud to be an american. i know, people think i'm crazy, but i listen to the words and reflect on ALL that it means to be an American, and it moves me...i know i am truly blessed...
so, be safe today...have fun...eat lots of BBQ...but remember America, what the USA is, and what it means to be an American...thank you Lord for Your blessings, and continue to show mercy on our country.
by Katherine Lee Bates, 1913
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!
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!
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