When, in the course of human events....

"Government doesn't seem to be a very easy business, Linus."
"Freedom isn't an easy business either, Charlie Brown."
--"The Constitution," This Is America, Charlie Brown

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!
Every 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 that grand old flag!

Some great food for thought at Argghhh! and Villainous Company.
And then, of course, there's that old American tradition, the Cards-Cubs rivalry....

Happy birthday, USA. And many more!!!