Operation Axiom
Happy Independence Day! Two hundred thirty-six years ago to the day, 4 July 1776, the United States of America declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, in President Lincoln's immortal words, bringing "forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, & dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." The United States is the greatest country in the world, the greatest country the world has ever known, & we are immeasurably blessed, every one of us, to have been born in this country & this age, when the American gospel of freedom—both political & economic—has lead to greater levels of liberty & prosperity worldwide than at any other point in the long, sad orgy of violence & misery that is history of Man. Happy birthday, America, & many happy returns!



The Rebel Black Dot Song of Independence Day
The University of Michigan Marching Band, "The Star-Spangled Banner" from Hurrah For the Yellow and Blue (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"