Happy 4th of July– my 49 star flag ceremony/morning scan
I’ll be holding my flag ceremony in a few minutes– I fly a 49 star flag on the deck. The flag draped my grandfather Bay’s casket. Colonel Bay died in 1960, before Hawaii became a state.
Tigerhawk focuses on a clan that doesn’t understand the Fourth.
NASA prepares to light its rocket (and let’s pray for the safety of the shuttle Discovery’s crew during the mission).
This firework missed– thank goodness.
And a world without America (via rcp). Peter Brookes says:
The picture isn’t pretty. Absent U.S. leadership, diplomatic influence, military might, economic power and unprecedented generosity, life aboard planet earth would likely be pretty grim, indeed. Set aside the differences America made last century - just imagine a world where this country had vanished on Jan. 1, 2001.
Read the whole thing.
A July 4th Message from RBT… Tomorrow Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July. While we are BBQ’ing and visiting with friends and relatives, let’s take a moment to reflect on we are celebrating and be thankful for our brave men and women who are in harm’s way perserving ou…
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