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    • 55 Ratings
    • 4839 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    America Needs a New Anthem

    JULY 2, 2009 8:30AM

    By Steve Blevins


    Topics: fourth of july, music, national anthem, star-spangled banner, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 4642 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    American Ingenuity: But Wait! There's More!

    JULY 2, 2009 8:05AM

    By Jodi Kasten


    Topics: yes that is actually the shrub's address, i've been looking for a reason to mention body on tap for weeks, open call, fourth of july, americana, america, the first person who gives me crap about how one of these isn't really american gets a thwack because it all came from wikipedia - which of course is always accurate - and another american invention

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 1724 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    A Connecticut Yankee's Pride

    JULY 2, 2009 1:18PM

    By Chuck A. Stetson


    Topics: open call, fourth of july

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 1986 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    A Desperate Ploy When I Traveled, But Not Since January

    JULY 2, 2009 12:01PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: open call, a proud american, fourth of july, pitti palace, florence italy, vietnam war, canada, ottawa, george bush, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 2710 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    No Fourth of July parade for this unemployed person

    JULY 2, 2009 1:01PM

    By Maria Stuart


    Topics: open call, family, fourth of july

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1722 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Cowboy Up

    AUGUST 23, 2011 8:07AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: cowboy up, wyoming, sublette county, big piney wyoming, rodeo, cowboys, do you mean there are still real cowboys, fourth of july, summer in wyoming, wind river mountains, green river, rendezvous, lander cut-off, travel, photography

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1344 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Fourth of July in New York City

    JULY 2, 2009 12:49PM

    By OEsheepdog


    Topics: fourth of july

    • 28 Ratings
    • 1574 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Civilly Disobedient and Proud of It on the Fourth of July

    JULY 5, 2009 5:16PM

    By Hells Bells


    Topics: national guard, jackson state, patriotism, tehran, tiananmen square, 1971 may day protest, vietnam war, fourth of july, vietnam demonstrations, cambodia, kent state, richard nixon, civil disobedience, brown rice and vegetables, marching band, i love my son something fierce, fourth of july parade, sousaphone, i grow old i grow old i will wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, hippies and yippies and freaks (oh my), memoir, robert s. mcnamara is dead

    • 27 Ratings
    • 769 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    a new anthem

    JULY 4, 2010 2:19PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: fourth of july, a world safe and free, molly correll, star-spangled banner

    • 26 Ratings
    • 840 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Why I am Proud on the Fourth: “Even Ugly Deserves a Home!”

    JULY 4, 2009 11:54AM

    By BuffyW


    Topics: 2008 competition, recap, comedy, gluttony, kidneys, home shopping network, cranberries, what not to do, televsion waistland, espn, holiday, mr. mustard, mustard, shove them in as fast as you can, hot dog buns, national food, ugliness, barf, chestnuts, kobayashi, open call, fourth of july, nathan's hot dog eating contest

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1887 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Fourth of July: Small Town Community Spirit

    JULY 2, 2009 11:40AM

    By Gwool


    Topics: open call, fourth of july

    • 23 Ratings
    • 1151 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    You Asked For My Pride Kerry Lauerman

    JULY 1, 2009 9:20PM

    By Ben Sen


    Topics: fourth of july

    • 22 Ratings
    • 1573 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    The 4th Document

    JULY 2, 2009 11:19PM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: then it began, declaration of independence, fourth of july, belief and religion, open call

    • 22 Ratings
    • 793 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Happy birthday to the constitution and to free people

    JULY 2, 2009 6:14PM

    By tr ig


    Topics: open call, fourth of july, i'm proud to be an american

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 2119 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Thomas Jefferson and the Flames of Liberty

    JULY 2, 2009 7:54AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: fourth of july, independence day, history, jefferson, freedom, liberty, open call

    • 21 Ratings
    • 2662 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    On July Fourth, Pennsylvania Pride Comes First

    JULY 2, 2009 8:17PM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: fourth of july, open call, america's birthday, independence hall, liberty bell, bill of rights, us constitution, beer, ben franklin, hershey's, amish, you won't believe the town names, my home, america

    • 18 Ratings
    • 2263 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Stephen Foster's "Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts"

    JULY 3, 2009 9:57AM

    By Chicago Guy


    Topics: fourth of july, open call, american music

    • 17 Ratings
    • 1702 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    A Santa for Every Holiday

    DECEMBER 18, 2009 8:48AM

    By Jeff Brawer


    Topics: santa, holiday, christmas, new years, valentine's day, fourth of july, labor day, thanksgiving, barry white, gilligan, humor, comedy

    • 16 Ratings
    • 489 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    The Redcoats are Coming! The Redcoats are Coming!

    JUNE 30, 2011 12:16PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: american revolution, 1976, fourth of july, the moment i felt most american, open call

    • 15 Ratings
    • 712 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    The 4th Document: A re-telling

    JULY 4, 2010 6:35PM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: then it began, declaration of independence, fourth of july, belief and religion, open call, politics

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