This 4th of July my family celebrated with many many others in Coolidge Park on the river in downtown Chattanooga. There was a concert first, then some of the finest fireworks I have seen in a long time. The picture to the left is the grand finale to the fireworks presentation. We cheered and sang old patriotic songs, and I was stirred by the lyrics of these old songs...You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for heroes prov'd
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life.
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the pilgrim’s pride!
From every mountain side,
Let Freedom Ring!
Our fathers’ God, the Thee,
Author of Liberty.
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light
Protect us by thy might
Great God, our King.
Our history is rich with the presence of the Lord, may He continue to guide us and watch over us!
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