The Celebration of Independence Day
with Comments Closed
Independence Day
in the
United States of America
America The Beautiful
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O beautiful for spacious skies
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For amber waves of grain
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For purple mountain majesties
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Above the fruited plain
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America! America!
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God shed His grace on thee
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea
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To shining sea
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“Farewell to Thee” – Following Hawaiian tradition, Sailors honor men killed during the
7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu. The casualties had been
buried on 8 December. This ceremony took place sometime during the following months,
possibly on Memorial Day, 31 May 1942.
- U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
The Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for all.
May God Bless America