Happy Birthday, America

Here it is again, America's Birthday. Goodness, it seems like yesterday I was singing Happy Birthday America..and here we are, at the Beach House, celebrating a beautiful holiday. I think of all the holidays in America, now, this is the right up there with Christmas and Easter. It is, of course, a different kind of holiday. We celebrate a beautiful republic, that has developed into the most wonderful country in the world.

IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Where else can you do the things you can do in America? Where else can you find thousands even millions of people coming to a country...legally and illegally. Can you think of one other country that people, of this number, come and keep coming??? No, there is no place like the United States of America.

Thanks to our military, we can all be free, and we must take a minute tomorrow (JULY 4th) to thank God for our country and our freedoms. I have a husband that flew Corsairs in WWII. He was 19 when he went into the service. He saw a lot of his friends never make it back to their homes. We owe a lot to him, and his fellow Marines. My Grandson is an Army Airborne soldier, serving in Qatar now. He, too, was 19 when he entered the service. Thank God for our wonderful young men and women. Thank you Gregory, for your service, and your love of country. You have made a lot of people very proud. How lucky we are. How lucky we are. Have a wonderful Birthday, America! The land that I love. And, thank YOU, President Bush.