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- Presidential historian Mark Updegrove discusses the significance of the holiday and how it came to be.
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Independence Day is of the up most important.
we STOLE this country....wtf?
get some.
If anyone doesn't like America pride month they can leave the country this country is great it's faded and torn but when it's ran right it's a great country of freedom
@@shanedaley6236You know 2/3 of the countries in the world have freedom, right?
@@denverlilly3669LOL SAYS WHO SOME DUMB FUCKING PIECE OF WHITE PAPER?
I really enjoyed this years celebrations with friends. I pray everyone has a safe weekend as well.
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26 years ago Russell Case gave his life so you could be free. Honor him. Happy Independence Day.
This is still the greatest nation that the world has ever seen.
I don't know about that.
@@denverlilly3669 I do. I double checked before I posted. Definitely the greatest nation.
@@scillyautomatic Double checked what?
@@scillyautomatic 🤣sorry but you can't possibly double-check your claim. There were empires that ruled the WHOLE WORLD and some that conquered half of the world and turned it all into ONE COUNTRY. But American has been the greatest nation for over a century now.
@@scillyautomaticYou Americans and your “greatest country in the world” BS 😂 you see, this is why the rest of the world just laughs at you lot.
A poem read by Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez at his award ceremony.
Hello, remember me?
Some people call me Old Glory.
Others call me the Star-Spangled Banner.
But whatever they call me, I’m your flag,
The Flag of the United States of America.
Something has been bothering me,
So, I thought I’d talk it over with you,
Because it’s about you and me.
Not long ago,
People were lining up
On both sides of the street
To see a parade go by.
And naturally, I was leading that parade.
Proudly waving in the breeze.
And when your daddy saw me coming,
He would immediately remove his hat
And place it over his left shoulder.
So that his right hand would be over his heart.
And you, you were standing there
Right next to your dad.
You didn’t have a hat, and your little sister,
Not to be outdone, was standing right next to you.
Both of you had your right hand over your heart.
What has happened now?
I don’t feel as proud as I used to.
I’m still the same ol’ flag.
I see children around playing, shouting.
They don’t seem to know or care who I am or what I stand for.
I saw an elderly man take his hat off,
But when he saw others with theirs on, He turned around and slowly walked away.
Hey, I’m still the same ol’ flag.
A few stars have been added since those parades long ago.
A lot of blood has been shed.
Is it a sin to be patriotic anymore?
Have you forgotten who I am?
What I stand for? And where I’ve been?
Anzio, Guadalcanal, Korea and Vietnam.
Take a good look one of these days
At the memorial honor wall of all the names, of all those that never came back.
They gave their lives for this great nation to be free under God.
When you salute me,
You salute each and every one of them.
Well, it won’t be long now and I’ll be coming down that street leading a parade and proudly waving in the breeze.
So when you see me coming,
Stand up straight and salute.
And I’ll salute you by waving back.
And then I'll know that you remember.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1981, as well as 5 Purple Hearts, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. Roy Benavidez is presented the Medal of Honor by President Ronald Reagan, 1981.
Happy 4th of July!!🇺🇸
The Declaration of Independence is most significant piece of paper ever written.
Happy 4th.
A Canadian.
America have never been independent. The constitution is a cue by the The English Crown
It’s the biggest secret. A Canada is a subject of the Crown aswel. To this day. Both you and the United States.
Complete and utter rubbish, the Magna Carta wipes the floor with it.
No matter how divided we get, things will get put together again I promise. One Nation Under God, Remember? I have a positive attitude today. I feel confident today.😁
Great reporting, Mark!! Very well done!👍👍👍
Happy 4th of July for all american . God bless the USA
As a Brit I know some of you won't like me wishing you Happy 4th of July given you give us the heave-ho but I still believe America is still the greatest nation in the woirld despite all your faults and flaws
At best my life will be 40 to another 50 years, me myself, I wonder what more the USA will give the world, I wonder in the year 2100, 2200, 3000, I wonder if America will be what it is, will they be the first to colonize space
Independence.
“The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” -H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
Sheep like feeling safe as well, but the world isnt all ribbons and rainbows.
That piece of paper is the most important piece of paper ever written.
umm 247 years ago not 246!
Independence from Britain, while 4 of the 13 colonies (Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia) were building their economy through the inhumane practice of slave labor. I am not angry at all. It is just amazing how we can celebrate our freedom from England while turning a blind eye to the elephant in the room.
@@loveyouallforeva Can you read as good as you yap?
Americans 🍍🍍🍍
A bunch of English Subjects that owned slaves. Oh how glorious!!
Slavery was the best thing to happen to sub saharan natives.
God bless AMERICA
FJB
Is it Like england tell us like what do
Forefathers really. Mark your an immigrant who’s family just got here. Diane your Hispanic. This is crazy!!!!
Independence of th TESLA COIL.
as for the european settlers in the New World between what is called new zealand and the Alaska, as for our Arab presence in Spain, which lasted for 800 years and then ended , with less than 300 years you are still considered newcomers to these lands, and with the nature of the weapons of mass destruction that will be used, the total wiping out completely the Western world, inshallah, is almost certain ...
O say can you see, by the dusk's waning light,
So desperate are we, waking up from the dreaming,
Drenched in violence and fear, causing perilous fights,
O'er the piles of corpses, naught but pus and blood streaming!
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our ego's still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the hypocrites and the home of the crazed?
Sit down, commiefilth.
It’s the kings birthday celebration for goodness sake.
How did you not remember that after all the times you celebrated during your time being indentured by England all those many centuries ago.
Bla blah blahh
How dare you celebrate