“This isn’t who we are” may not be quite correct. But it does
highlight a particularly American quality — that of self-definition. It
may yet be possible to close the gap between the America that exists and
the one we imagine. Acknowledging the hard truth about our current
state is the first step toward doing so.
Yes, this is who we are. But we can still decide who we want to be. -- Christine Emba (2018).
As has become our custom, here's John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and
Stripes Forever," played by the Band of Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards
at Blenheim Palace, to honor the founding of our nation on the Fourth of
July, 1776. Have fun and be safe.
Man, I can't even bring myself to post the Grateful Dead's US Blues ...
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