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Fireworks - Beethoven's 9th
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Posted on 07/03/2024 6:45:16 PM PDT by mairdie

From New Year's Eve some years ago, but still good for celebrating the birth of a great nation.


TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: fireworks; musicvideos
Some Rev War videos and history pages from my site:

Hudson River Painters - Major Henry Livingston's Rev War Diary
https://youtu.be/tt9VZexn1ic

Major Henry Livingston's Rev War Diary
https://www.henrylivingston.com/writing/prose/revdiary.htm

Yanky Doodle- Major Henry Livingston's Music Mss
https://youtu.be/eP-tMGefdwQ

The New York Congress met in Poughkeepsie in 1778
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/conventions/nycongressinpoughkeepsie.htm

George Washington's Inauguration
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/inauguration/index.htm

New York Ratifies the U.S. Constitution
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/conventions/ratifyingusconstitution.htm

New York Debate on the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/conventions/1788minutes.htm

General Lafayette Visits New York - 1824
https://www.henrylivingston.com/history/lafayette/index.htm

1 posted on 07/03/2024 6:45:16 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: mairdie

I’d rather celebrate the 4th with American music. John Philip Sousa comes to mind.


2 posted on 07/03/2024 7:17:22 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: AlaskaErik

LOVE Sousa.


3 posted on 07/03/2024 7:25:11 PM PDT by mairdie (He's Dead, Jim (Ducky) Julia Ecklar https://youtu.be/fY6nyCOGxYY)
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To: AlaskaErik

Here’s a Sousa I don’t hear a lot. I used it with illustrations I collected for my grandmother’s book of aphorisms.

Grandmother Catharine - John Philip Sousa
https://youtu.be/evfYyxkV3Ow


4 posted on 07/03/2024 7:34:01 PM PDT by mairdie (He's Dead, Jim (Ducky) Julia Ecklar https://youtu.be/fY6nyCOGxYY)
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To: mairdie

Gotta have my Sousa on the 4th!


5 posted on 07/03/2024 8:01:05 PM PDT by The FIGHTIN Illini ("Let Us Never Forget What They Have Done")
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