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Title: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2009, 02:41:47 AM
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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Kaleidoscope_Eyes on July 04, 2009, 05:55:55 AM
Clap clap clap! Woohoo!!!

I actually never knew that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Sondra on July 04, 2009, 06:01:39 AM
Didn't Canada just have a birthday too? Funny, countries having birthdays. Does every country do this type of thing or what?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Bobber on July 04, 2009, 09:07:53 AM
Have a nice day everybody on the other side of the Atlantic.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Penny Lane on July 04, 2009, 09:17:38 AM
Happy birthday to our grand dame.  Also, happy birthday to Canada (belated).

Not sure if anyone cares, but the Swiss National Day is coming up on August 1st.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Dmitry on July 04, 2009, 12:16:51 PM
Happy holidays fellow Americans!

And others have a little excursion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/emp/8130000/8133200/8133203.xml (http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/emp/8130000/8133200/8133203.xml)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: georgeharrisonluver on July 04, 2009, 12:55:30 PM
yay! the fourth of July is my second favorite holiday besides christmas!  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Andy Smith on July 04, 2009, 02:38:47 PM
Happy 4th July America, at last you have your independence with Barack Obama!!! :D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: freakchic9 on July 04, 2009, 05:27:15 PM
Bring on the fireworks!

And I think France has their independence day on the 14th this month.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: HeatherBoo on July 04, 2009, 07:26:46 PM
Have a very happy and safe 4th of July all my fellow americans! And for those who are not American, you can still party, I use any excuse to party myself  ;D  This is probably my favorite holiday: sunshine, barbeque, beer, and fireworks! What more could you ask for?!?!?!

Happy Birthday America!!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2009, 02:11:50 AM
Clap clap clap! Woohoo!!!

I actually never knew that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France


Yes, KE.  Thank you France and Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi.......

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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2010, 12:23:52 AM
I hope everyone had a Happy July 4th Holiday...


(http://www.zingerbug.com/Backgrounds/background_images/statue_of_liberty_with_fireworks.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2011, 04:01:28 AM
This year once again...

Happy Birthday America!


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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Dmitry on July 04, 2011, 05:48:26 AM
Happy Independence Day, dear Americans!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on July 05, 2011, 03:07:48 AM
Didn't Canada just have a birthday too? Funny, countries having birthdays. Does every country do this type of thing or what?

Argentina's independence day is July 9, 1816, though everything started on the revolution of May 25, 1810. Last year Argentina was 200 years old and there was a big party here as in U.S.A. in 1976.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Badgirl66 on July 05, 2011, 11:42:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/embed/gv0yZOytRUM (http://www.youtube.com/embed/gv0yZOytRUM)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2012, 04:56:21 AM
...and once again, in 2012...

Happy Birthday America!



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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Klang on July 04, 2012, 09:34:25 AM

She doesn't look a day over 235.

 :)

Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 04, 2012, 11:46:39 AM
Happy Birthday America!!

you wouldnt let me stay and live but I forgive you
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2012, 03:15:24 PM
She doesn't look a day over 235.

 ha2ha

I have to say, this is the July 4 I am least excited about. This country is going downhill, fast, IMO. Oh, well, at least SyFy reinstated it's Independence Day Twilight Zone marathon.   ;)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2012, 03:18:14 PM
ha2ha

I have to say, this is the July 4 I am least excited about. The country is going downhill, fast, IMO. Oh, well, at least SyFy reinstated it's Independence Day Twilight Zone marathon.   ;)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2012, 03:41:16 AM
^

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead— your next stop, the Twilight Zone!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 03, 2013, 10:46:58 PM
I hope everyone here in the US has a happy Independence Day. Or even if you happen to be in the Twilight Zone again. ;) These are the only fireworks I'll be seeing since it's supposed to rain tomorrow night.

Fourth of July Fireworks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18212B4yfLg#ws)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2013, 12:27:35 AM
Again, this year...

Happy Birthday America!



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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2013, 03:40:44 AM
Or even if you happen to be in the Twilight Zone again. ;)


Her next stop...


TWILIGHT ZONE - OPENINGS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HijHxR1m5XU#)

ThE tWiLIGhT ZoNE



I reckon we won't be hearing from her for a few days.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Badgirl66 on July 04, 2013, 10:31:17 AM
To all you american friends on this site: Have a happy one! But: We must not forget to watch what´ll happen to Edward Snowden! This man opened our eyes and started a fight for all of us who are no criminals!


Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2013, 11:15:59 PM
Still no sign of Kathy.  She must be on the 9th floor looking for a gold thimble.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: tkitna on July 05, 2013, 12:44:37 AM
Cheers to the Red, White, and Blue.

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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Dcazz on July 05, 2013, 12:33:25 PM
Cheers to the Red, White, and Blue.

([url]http://web-images.chacha.com/images/galleryimage551423878-feb-14-2012-600x875.jpg[/url])
  Lady Liberties?!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2013, 09:05:32 PM
I bet she eats Kellogg's Corn Flakes.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Dcazz on July 05, 2013, 09:22:12 PM
I bet she eats Kellogg's Corn Flakes.
Every morning before Jethro gets up!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2013, 12:28:23 AM
I bet she eats Kellogg's Corn Flakes.

I read this when I was checking my email on my phone so I couldn't see the picture. I thought you were referring to Todd's friend Lulu.  ha2ha I guess that's another thread. All I can say is behave yourselves men. This isn't a locker room.  ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 06, 2013, 12:56:45 AM
Still no sign of Kathy.  She must be on the 9th floor looking for a gold thimble.


 ha2ha  I was down in Rapid City with my kids; lots of fun stuff to do, AND the hotel had SyFy, so of course I had to camp out in front of the TV at day's end.

The funny thing is, when we were leaving Bismarck, we saw a hitchhiker, and then when we got to Rapid City, we saw what we all swore was the SAME hitchhiker, just like in that classic TZ episode:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734644/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734644/)

 
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2013, 01:01:10 AM
The funny thing is, when we were leaving Bismarck, we saw a hitchhiker, and then when we got to Rapid City, we saw what we all swore was the SAME hitchhiker, just like in that classic TZ episode:  [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734644/[/url] ([url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734644/[/url])


Far out!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Dcazz on July 06, 2013, 01:23:22 AM
I read this when I was checking my email on my phone so I couldn't see the picture. I thought you were referring to Todd's friend Lulu.  ha2ha I guess that's another thread. All I can say is behave yourselves men. This isn't a locker room.  ;D
Lulu?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2013, 01:30:11 AM
Lulu?

It's in the user pics threads.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2013, 02:29:16 AM
ha2ha  I was down in Rapid City with my kids; lots of fun stuff to do, AND the hotel had SyFy, so of course I had to camp out in front of the TV at day's end.

The funny thing is, when we were leaving Bismarck, we saw a hitchhiker, and then when we got to Rapid City, we saw what we all swore was the SAME hitchhiker, just like in that classic TZ episode:  [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734644/[/url] ([url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734644/[/url])

 



(http://i40.tinypic.com/2qd0fvb.jpg)






(http://media.avclub.com/images/372/372253/16x9/627.jpg?0209)

But from this moment on, Kathy's companion on a trip to Rapid City will be terror.  Her route, fear.  Her destination, quite unknown.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2013, 03:59:18 AM
Lulu?


It's in the user pics threads.



The Sleepwalker-The Honeymooners (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LaYZe18LRc#ws)
24:24



(http://i39.tinypic.com/2rc031f.jpg)

"Lulu!"



Wait!  That's the New Year's Eve Honeymooners Marathon!

Never mind!    ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2013, 06:41:30 AM
^^^
I love this episode so I watched the whole thing...with more to follow! I don't know if we get any stations that show The Honeymooners. I haven't seen it in a long time. I'm glad you posted it Barry! Who has the New Year's Eve marathon?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 07, 2013, 03:47:30 AM
You're welcome, Kelley.  WPIX Channel 11 (New York City) airs The Honeymooners Marathon.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 07, 2013, 07:08:31 PM


I love WPIX; we used to get it in my hometown of Syracuse. 
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 08, 2013, 12:14:19 AM
WPIX has long been an innovative TV station, Kathy.  They did The Twilight Zone Marathon before SyFy took over several years ago.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 08, 2013, 03:16:34 AM
You're welcome, Kelley.  WPIX Channel 11 (New York City) airs The Honeymooners Marathon.

I used to watch The Honeymooners on that channel every night when I was in dental hygiene school! Everywhere I've lived I've had WPIX until Time Warner took it away about 10 years ago. They also took the FOX station that came from NYC. And the good PBS station. And moved most of my favorite channels to the upper tier so I can't watch them in the kitchen. So I guess no Honeymooners Marathon on New Years Eve for me.  :(
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 08, 2013, 03:26:36 AM
And moved most of my favorite channels to the upper tier so I can't watch them in the kitchen.

So why don't you go upstairs to watch TV?     ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 08, 2013, 03:39:40 AM
So why don't you go upstairs to watch TV?     ;D

You're funny! Same deal up there though. Well, I could go to the third floor, there's a box up there but that's my son's Man Cave. I don't meet the criteria for that place!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 04:50:55 AM
And again in 2014...


Happy Birthday America!




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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Klang on July 04, 2014, 06:25:36 AM

Yay!

 :)

Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 06:36:37 AM
Yankee Doodle Dandy - James Cagney - Mickey Rooney - Judy Garland - HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKeYS1P9j1c#)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 06:38:41 AM
Stars And Stripes Forever From The 1952 Movie Of The Same Name (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4A_qJ33pM#)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 06:47:55 AM
John Philip Sousa's March, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE#ws)
United States Marine Band
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 06:53:13 AM
John Philip Sousa's March, "Semper Fidelis" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgABUZ4i9co#ws)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 06:54:02 AM
John Philip Sousa's March, "The Washington Post" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxrh1CrMmTY#ws)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2014, 07:10:33 AM
The Beatles Hello Goodbye (Remastered) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZ8ulc5NTg#ws)



 ;)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 02, 2015, 05:55:13 PM
And again in 2015...


Happy Birthday America!




(http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ha/haats/HW1886P716B090.jpg)


(http://f.fwallpapers.com/images/fireworks-statue-liberty-new-york-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 02, 2015, 06:21:01 PM
http://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE (http://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE)


http://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM (http://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 02, 2015, 06:43:07 PM
John Philip Sousa would have been proud of this high school band...


http://youtu.be/FBklceHey7A (http://youtu.be/FBklceHey7A)



High school bands all over the country will be doing the same thing this weekend.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 02, 2015, 09:12:36 PM
John Philip Sousa would have been proud of this high school band...

Indeed he would have -- very impressive! I see those musicians do the same type of "roll step" my daughters' marching band does. I'm not sure whether that's the exact name of it, but I did recognize it.

Those kids must have worked really hard. They look and sound wonderful.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 02, 2015, 09:56:37 PM
Indeed he would have -- very impressive! I see those musicians do the same type of "roll step" my daughters' marching band does. I'm not sure whether that's the exact name of it, but I did recognize it.

Those kids must have worked really hard. They look and sound wonderful.

I am always very impressed by kids in marching bands. It's hard work! I did it for a year and just wasn't very good at it. When I told my mom I was quitting she was very upset because she really liked working at the concession stand. I told go ahead, work there anyway but she said she'd feel foolish. LOL
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 02, 2015, 10:05:04 PM
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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Bingo Bongo on July 03, 2015, 01:12:19 AM
Now that's one nice picture.  Happy pre-birthday neighbours!  icon_good

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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 03, 2015, 03:48:20 PM
I am always very impressed by kids in marching bands. It's hard work! I did it for a year and just wasn't very good at it.


I am one of those people who can't walk and chew gum at the same time, so I'd probably be terrible at it! Fortunately, my high school did not have a marching band, so I never had to try.

Just found this clip of my daughters' marching band from last year. They are not nearly as polished as the band in the clip Barry posted (not even close), but thought I'd share it anyway. After 30 seconds, they actually DO start marching.  ;)

http://youtu.be/XMSEdV-jOeA (http://youtu.be/XMSEdV-jOeA)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 05, 2015, 12:58:12 AM

Just found this clip of my daughters' marching band from last year. They are not nearly as polished as the band in the clip Barry posted (not even close), but thought I'd share it anyway. After 30 seconds, they actually DO start marching.  ;)


They look sharp Kathy! I love their uniforms.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Klang on July 05, 2015, 11:04:01 AM

Uniform? That's how I dress daily.

 :P

Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 07, 2015, 04:32:30 PM
They look sharp Kathy! I love their uniforms.

Aw, thanks; I think they look pretty good, too! It's ironic that you mentioned the uniforms; I detest them! That's mostly because just the sight of the uniform yanks me back to a horrible trip to Colonial Williamsburg back when I was about 10. The family had gone to Virginia Beach for a week. My sister and I got horrible (think lobster-hued) sunburns the first day because we'd applied sunscreen only once in the morning and then spent the entire day in the pool. (This was back in the late 70s.) Do you think my parents would have just let us rest inside the next day? Noooo...they took us to Williamsburg in 90-degree heat and marched us around the entire day. I ended up in the ER with sun poisoning.

Wild horses could never drag me back to Colonial Williamsburg!

So, I see those band uniforms and cringe, LOL. Everyone else in town loves them, too; I'm the lone standout.  ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2016, 06:45:16 AM
And again in 2016...


Happy Birthday America!




(http://oceanofconsciousnes.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/statue_of_liberty_-newyork-_harbor.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Moogmodule on July 05, 2016, 08:12:51 AM
Have a good one US of A. Good luck with your elections this year. Hope it works out better than our ones down here.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Klang on July 05, 2016, 11:46:53 AM

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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/napup/liberdanz_zpsrqlfpo87.gif)

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/napup/sally_fourth_zpswb1z4axc.jpg)

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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/napup/joolie2_zps03pycqjt.jpg)

 :)

Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2016, 02:17:43 AM
And Happy Birthday Sharon!


http://youtu.be/ZLIqdotJUoA (http://youtu.be/ZLIqdotJUoA)




 icon_good
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2016, 04:47:52 AM
(http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/thumbnail/960/img/photos/2012/05/07/7a/04/65205792_-1_706757a.jpg)





A bit like Cagney...


http://youtu.be/fktxkO37zNM (http://youtu.be/fktxkO37zNM)


http://youtu.be/IKF0yvkwwrU (http://youtu.be/IKF0yvkwwrU)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 04, 2017, 11:14:49 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/lGRNZYX.gif)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2017, 04:16:35 AM
And again in 2017...


Happy Birthday America!





(http://www.nyconthecheap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Statue-of-Liberty-fireworks_1200p.jpg)




Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2017, 11:43:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc2u5KBOx-k# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc2u5KBOx-k#)


Happy Birthday, Sharon!



 icon_good
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2017, 02:21:42 AM
Happy Birthday, Sharon!
icon_good

I hope she had a great day!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2017, 03:37:54 AM
^

She did.  She's a Yankee Doodle Dandy...born on The 4th of July!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA#)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxyt1Vt5ejY&t=120s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxyt1Vt5ejY&t=120s#)



(https://media.giphy.com/media/Qs56O9O4DrNh6/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2017, 04:00:05 AM
She did.  She's a Yankee Doodle Dandy...born on The 4th of July!

Good! She should get herself a Boston Terrier like the ones we used to have. I used to sing I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy to them, with a few word changes. I think they liked it; I know the kids seemed to. That was back when the kids still liked to hear their mom sing.  ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2017, 04:09:52 AM
^

She had two Yorkshire Terriers over the years.  Each lived to be very old and, typical of Yorkies, developed severe GI problems and had to be euthanized.  I don't think she'll ever get another dog.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: KelMar on July 06, 2017, 04:26:38 AM
Yorkies are sweet little dogs. One of my online friends that I met years ago on the AOL Boston Terrier board has them. I always thought it would be nice to feel that silky-looking hair. I finally got a chance when a lady brought one into the library. I wasn't disappointed! But I understand how Sharon feels. It seems to get more difficult every time I go through it, like I did in January.

 
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2017, 04:42:59 AM
^

And she had to do that twice.  Both dogs were cute and nice little girls with the sweetest personalities.  She never wants to go through that again.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 06, 2017, 06:37:41 AM
Have a good one US of A. Good luck with your elections this year. Hope it works out better than our ones down here.
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 roll:)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 06, 2017, 06:38:40 AM
Happy belated birthday America


 party2
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2018, 04:28:38 AM
2018


(http://coolwallpaperz.info/user-content/uploads/wall/o/55/architecture-statue-of-liberty-and-fireworks-display-572692.jpg)


Happy Birthday America!




https://youtu.be/3tSG639jXYs (https://youtu.be/3tSG639jXYs)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2018, 04:41:44 AM
And Happy Birthday Sharon!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2018, 02:51:47 AM
https://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE (https://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE)


https://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM (https://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM)




(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JohnPhilipSousa-Chickering.LOC.jpg/800px-JohnPhilipSousa-Chickering.LOC.jpg)

John Philip Sousa   "The March King"



Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2018, 04:14:35 AM
https://youtu.be/lxyt1Vt5ejY (https://youtu.be/lxyt1Vt5ejY)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 06, 2018, 12:06:53 AM
Yes Happy Birthday America !   cheer1

America is a great country and Ive always loved it

However when the rest of the world thinks of america now, this guy is (sadly)always intertwined in those thoughts.


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Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: tkitna on July 06, 2018, 01:54:41 AM
Happy Birthday America

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/25/21/438F78D500000578-4810326-Four_girls_stand_on_the_back_of_a_pick_up_truck_holding_guns_One-m-83_1503693201253.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 03, 2019, 10:16:50 PM
2019


(http://newyorklongdistancemovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/40.jpg)



Happy Birthday America!





https://youtu.be/pwcyXD2i2uI (https://youtu.be/pwcyXD2i2uI)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 04, 2019, 01:14:20 AM
 icon_good party2
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Moogmodule on July 04, 2019, 07:37:19 AM
Have a great birthday America.  partypeople
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: blmeanie on July 04, 2019, 11:54:46 AM
proud American here, was proud during Obama administration, Bush administration before that and proud now during Trump administration.  While George's Taxman was written about times in England, the lyrics hit home here now.  It isn't the level of taxation, it is the wasting of it along the way.  Enough politics, happy birthday 'Merica!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2019, 01:31:00 PM


I hope you all have a wonderful, fun Fourth! (And a belated Happy Canada Day to our Canadian members!)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 03, 2020, 01:00:51 AM
2020


Happy Birthday America!



(https://hammondlawgroup.com/healthcareblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iStock_flag-of-liberty.jpg)





https://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM (https://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM)




(https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/66cb539b506a0a0cbf9a4d875b40befec60b7346/27-Figure3-1.png)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Moogmodule on July 03, 2020, 02:15:44 AM
Have a good birthday USA.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: tkitna on July 03, 2020, 11:12:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAoWwUwknc# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAoWwUwknc#)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: blmeanie on July 03, 2020, 12:16:00 PM
this birthday seems different for the U.S.A., kind of unable to celebrate too much...

on aside, my oldest brother's birthday is today, he is 60, he mentioned this morning 60 is different, he mentally is feeling it differently than 50 and all before.  I have a few years to go.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 03, 2020, 02:16:45 PM
this birthday seems different for the U.S.A., kind of unable to celebrate too much...

My sentiments exactly.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 03, 2020, 06:12:37 PM
https://youtu.be/wTSLRbm8L9E (https://youtu.be/wTSLRbm8L9E)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2021, 04:45:16 AM
2021


Happy Birthday America!




(https://i.postimg.cc/DFtKm8H0/Statue-Of-Liberty-8.jpg)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4A_qJ33pM&t=19s# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4A_qJ33pM&t=19s#)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE#)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA#)
1980
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2021, 04:48:03 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrgCxSSwBto# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrgCxSSwBto#)
2012
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Moogmodule on July 04, 2021, 09:22:47 AM
Have a great birthday USA  partypeople
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 04, 2021, 12:27:05 PM
America ...The Nice

https://youtu.be/x_X9YqWu4pU (https://youtu.be/x_X9YqWu4pU)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2021, 05:36:09 PM
Not feeling particularly patriotic this year.  :-X  I'd elaborate, but I promised myself no more politics here.

July 4 is always a poignant day for me anyway, the would-have-been birthday of twins I lost.

So I'm pouring a glass of wine and just waiting for July 5.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: blmeanie on July 04, 2021, 07:59:58 PM
Not feeling particularly patriotic this year.  :-X  I'd elaborate, but I promised myself no more politics here.

July 4 is always a poignant day for me anyway, the would-have-been birthday of twins I lost.

So I'm pouring a glass of wine and just waiting for July 5.

It sucks how many days on the calendar fill up with sad memories over a lifetime.  Nothing probably as sad as what you described.  Have another glass on all of us, get through the day.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2021, 09:44:01 PM

^^^^

Thanks, blmeanie, very kind of you.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2021, 09:46:11 PM
Not feeling particularly patriotic this year.  :-X  I'd elaborate, but I promised myself no more politics here.

July 4 is always a poignant day for me anyway, the would-have-been birthday of twins I lost.

So I'm pouring a glass of wine and just waiting for July 5.


It sucks how many days on the calendar fill up with sad memories over a lifetime.  Nothing probably as sad as what you described.  Have another glass on all of us, get through the day.


Yes, as we grow older our calendars fill with sad memories.  But let's not let them overshadow the happy memories our calendars have accrued.

On July Fourth, I wax philosophical when I think how brave my maternal and paternal grandparents were when they left their homes in The Ukraine a century ago and immigrated to the United States..  They came to this country with only what they could carry by hand and with the dream of starting a new life and raising a family in a country that promised freedom. 

Neil Diamond's family history is similar to mine and he expressed his feelings so well in the song he wrote...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA#)

Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America

Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm



Had my grandparents not come to The United States, they would have perished and I wouldn't be here today thankfully wishing my country Happy Birthday.


Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2021, 10:07:25 PM
Yes, as we grow older our calendars fill with sad memories.  But let's not let them overshadow the happy memories our calendars have accrued.

I'll grieve all I like, thankyouverymuch. But I don't want to further derail this thread.



Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2021, 01:18:31 AM
^

You haven't derailed anything, Kathy.  Remember, this is a forum; a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

My post, in its entirety, was meant to show how fortunate I feel to be here today wishing America a happy birthday.  I too have sad memories on my calendar of life as well as happy ones.  That calendar would not have existed if my grandparents hadn't immigrated here.

When it comes to grief, I was taught this at a young age in elementary school:


To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war, and a time of peace.


         Ecclesiastes 3:1-8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU#)

Lyrics:  King Solomon
Music:  Pete Seeger


I was taught the poem a year before Pete Seeger wrote the music for it.


Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2021, 01:44:49 AM
It's my sister's birthday today too...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA#)

...Happy Birthday Sharon!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 05, 2021, 01:58:30 AM
Not feeling particularly patriotic this year.  :-X  I'd elaborate, but I promised myself no more politics here.

July 4 is always a poignant day for me anyway, the would-have-been birthday of twins I lost.

So I'm pouring a glass of wine and just waiting for July 5.

That's very sad Kathy, x

A hug from me.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 05, 2021, 01:59:46 AM
It's my sister's birthday today too...


[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA#[/url])

...Happy Birthday Sharon!

Happy birthday to Bazs sister  party2
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2021, 02:34:36 AM
Happy birthday to Bazs sister  party2

She's a Yankee Doodle Joy (her real middle name), Kev.  A real live neice of my Uncle Sam, born on the Fourth of July!   :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2021, 03:47:09 AM
That's very sad Kathy, x

A hug from me.

From me too.

As it's written in Ecclesiastes:

a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance


It's Kathy's time to grieve.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2021, 03:55:01 AM
The Fourth of July will come to a close here in the Eastern Time Zone in five minutes.  So until next year, what is better than The Stars and Stripes Forever with three piccolos?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvWWXv59apY# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvWWXv59apY#)

...The Stars and Stripes Forever with 94 piccolos!   icon_good


Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 05, 2021, 08:31:59 AM
That's very sad Kathy, x

A hug from me.

From me too.

Thanks, Kevin and Barry, very kind. I shouldn't have said anything. This year, it just got to me more than usual.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 05, 2021, 03:34:49 PM
I'll grieve all I like, thankyouverymuch. But I don't want to further derail this thread.

Ehh, Barry, I apologize for snapping at you yesterday. As I said, this year's Fourth was tougher than previous ones for some reason. But I should have held my virtual tongue.

Hope your sister had a good birthday.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2021, 11:40:05 PM
Ehh, Barry, I apologize for snapping at you yesterday. As I said, this year's Fourth was tougher than previous ones for some reason. But I should have held my virtual tongue.

Apologies aren't necessary, Kathy...

a time to keep silence, and a time to speak

It was your time to speak.


Hope your sister had a good birthday.

She did.  She spent her birthday with close friends she's known since childhood.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2022, 12:50:13 PM
2022


Happy Birthday America!



(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/10/85/9710856a80056413ecfdbfdb0293b69e.jpg)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA#)



(https://lavocedinewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/italiani-emigrati-negli-usa.png)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2022, 12:51:04 PM
And Happy Birthday Sharon!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA#)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 05, 2022, 10:25:25 PM
Happy belated 4th to our American cousins !!  partypeople
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2022, 02:30:59 AM
Thanks, Kev.  Both sets of my grandparents immigrated from Russia in 1920.  The first they saw of The United States was the Statue of Liberty, just like the picture I posted shows.  They were travelling light that day with just what they could carry with two hands.  They were the bravest people I've ever known.

Neil Diamond and I share similar feelings...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrgCxSSwBto# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrgCxSSwBto#)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: nimrod on July 06, 2022, 11:45:51 PM
God Bless America !!

(if only you'd let me stay in 1980)  :'(

Without America I'm convinced we'd all be speaking Russian or Chinese  2ch
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Moogmodule on July 07, 2022, 12:31:43 AM
Happy Belated B’day USA
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 07, 2022, 01:35:24 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/5d/77/5f/5d775fe38b50830771da1ace2c8932ea.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 07, 2022, 03:17:25 AM
Happy belated 4th to our American cousins !!  partypeople

Happy Belated B’day USA

Thx!  icon_good

Thanks, Kev.  Both sets of my grandparents immigrated from Russia in 1920.  The first they saw of The United States was the Statue of Liberty, just like the picture I posted shows. 

Mine too, from Ireland and Lithuania.  :) A little bit earlier, though -- late 1800s.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2023, 04:38:28 AM
July 4, 2023


Happy Birthday America!


(https://i.postimg.cc/Y2rPF7VS/Statue-Of-Liberty-11.jpg)




July 4, 1776...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQFltI7OtUw&t=1s# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQFltI7OtUw&t=1s#)


We are about to brave the storm in a skiff made of paper...and how it shall end, God only knows.

       John Hancock



We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

        Benjamin Franklin



Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Moogmodule on July 04, 2023, 04:50:19 AM
Happy Birthday to all Americans. Enjoy the day!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2023, 04:31:46 PM
It's my sister's birthday today too...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA#)

...Happy Birthday Sharon!

She's a real live niece of my Uncle Sam, born on the Fourth of July...She's a Yankee Doodle Joy (her middle name).   :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2023, 04:50:15 PM
The Stars and Stripes Forever


https://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE (https://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE)


https://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM (https://youtu.be/XU4A_qJ33pM)




(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/JohnPhilipSousa-Chickering.LOC.jpg/800px-JohnPhilipSousa-Chickering.LOC.jpg)

John Philip Sousa   "The March King"


The tune to this march came to John Philip Sousa on Christmas Day 1896 while he was on a ship steaming from Europe to the United States.  He transcribed the full arrangement to paper upon his arrival in the United States.



Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2023, 04:52:40 PM
What's better than The Stars and Stripes Forever with three piccolos?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvWWXv59apY# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvWWXv59apY#)

...The Stars and Stripes Forever with 94 piccolos!   icon_good


Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 04, 2023, 06:02:42 PM
Happy Birthday to all Americans. Enjoy the day!

Thanks!  :)

...The Stars and Stripes Forever with 94 piccolos!   icon_good

Gorgeous, and I normally adore Sousa. But I'm just not feeling patriotic this year. At all.

It's my sister's birthday today too...

I hope she has a great birthday, Barry.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 04, 2023, 07:40:52 PM
For you, Dmitry, in honor of your first Independence Day in The United States of America...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXcPva-xLA#)


Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream
On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2023, 01:44:15 AM

Gorgeous, and I normally adore Sousa. But I'm just not feeling patriotic this year. At all.



When you're feeling up to it, Kathy, the full 1952 Stars and Stripes Forever motion picture is now on Youtube...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHRgyttNXM8# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHRgyttNXM8#)

You'll find the sequence where the Stars and Stripes march comes to him while at sea:  1:15.00


I liked the scene where Debra Paget auditions for Sousa...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s56t9QDS64Q# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s56t9QDS64Q#)

 icon_good


How's about that, Moog?   ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 05, 2023, 01:45:22 AM

I hope she has a great birthday, Barry.


Yes she did!!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Dmitry on July 05, 2023, 11:00:16 PM

Haven't been here for some time. Hope everybody had a great day!

We visited local park for celebration with live music and activities.
Did I mentioned firework show?



https://photos.app.goo.gl/jkbGcZF51hwJ1t3G7 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/jkbGcZF51hwJ1t3G7)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zxm1Zc4Q4T3o2fVn6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/zxm1Zc4Q4T3o2fVn6)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Normandie on July 05, 2023, 11:46:01 PM
I liked the scene where Debra Paget auditions for Sousa...
How's about that, Moog?   ;D

Barry, with all due respect, I find these comments of yours offensive.





Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2023, 01:08:06 AM
Barry, with all due respect, I find these comments of yours offensive.

Lighten up, Kathy.  My comment to Moog was meant to be a humorous response to Moog saying that "You shouldn’t underestimate how shallow we guys can be sometimes" when we were discussing Linda Ronstadt in another thread.

If you watched the movie you would have seen that neither Sousa or his wife were offended by her audition.  Indeed, he hired her to go on tour with his band as a singer and dancer.

As far as Debra Paget is concerned, she's a very talented actress, singer and dancer and enjoyed a long career in motion pictures.  She was perfect in her major role in Stars and Stripes Forever.  She was just nineteen years old when the movie was filmed.

Earlier in that post, I gave you a time mark in that motion picture where the Stars and Stripes march came to Sousa while he was at sea.  In his autobiography, he mentions this and how he transcribed the march note for note for all instruments when he got ashore.  I thought you would find the ocean liner scene relevant and to your liking.  I guess I was wrong.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday America!
Post by: Hello Goodbye on July 06, 2023, 02:44:05 AM
To lighten things up around here, this clip from Stars and Stripes Forever shows Sousa (Clifton Webb) introducing the Two Step to his Washington Post...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3q188EjpE# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv3q188EjpE#)

Debra Paget did all that wearing heels!