On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

Pop, pop, pop! Bom, bom, bom!/ Throughout the day/ no time for memorandums now./ Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.

[A safe Independence Day] would be a good psychological boost, but we need some fundamental news as well,

Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.