Sunday, July 5, 2009

Happy 233rd Birthday, United States of America!

We were blessed to be in a good ol' fashion neighborhood parade with some dear friends that finished with a firetruck showing up. It was great to cool down with that powerful hose! And then we were blessed to watch an AMAZING firework show at San Diego Harbor....the most beautiful and best I've ever seen.


We got a great parking spot right across the way from the San Diego harbor, so we flipped open the back and got cozy to watch the great show, all the while thinking about why we celebrate the 4th with fireworks!










































































http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Star_Spangled_Banner_instrumental.ogg

Some quotes Big A (and the rest of us) learned this year studying the American Revolution:

"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom." John Adams

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death." Patrick Henry's Treason Speech

"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington

"We recognize no Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!" John Hancock

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