Today marks the 250th birthday of our great nation, the United States of America! On this hot day 250 years ago, delegates to the Second Continental Congress pledged “to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” Their foresight and courage bore the fruit that is America.
Sure, our nation has problems, but today we celebrate 250 years of liberty. Where else in the world can someone worship God as he sees fit and get a pizza at 2 AM while saying spicy things on the Internet without fear of arrest? Even our beloved brothers in Great Britain—our cousins, our mom!—can’t speak the Truth without fear of the bobbies arresting them while they bleed out in the streets.
To commemorate this day, here’s a rendition of “Stars and Stripes Forever” from our old group Brass to the Future, including a special guest on the second tuba. From left to right, there’s Joey on trumpet; yours portly on tenor sax (not a brass instrument, but oh, well!); Ricky on tuba; Davis (special guest) on tuba; Shrimp St. Thomas (my brother) on trombone; and David on euphonium/baritone. Stick around for the “piccolo” solo, which Shrimp whistles!
God Bless America!
—TPP
