In the shadow of ‘pomp and parade’ is the only reason for our annual Independence Day celebration:
… I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
John Adams’ letter to his wife, Abigail Adams on July 3, 1776
Could it be that as a nation, over the last 245 years, we have grotesquely overemphasized the pomp and parade, while completely undervaluing how significant our Declaration of Independence still is today? Over the past two and a half centuries have we allowed the overdone commercialization of our most sacred day of honor to incrementally replace prayers of gratitude and self-preservation with barbecues and ‘long week-ends’? Have we left in the shadows that which we’ve each been personally responsible for maintaining all along?
Yes. We have.
But many Americans today are recognizing it’s magnitude is still ever-so germane, and are reviving the fore-thoughts of essential liberty into our minds and into our prayers. We are bringing it back into the full sunlight of our own awareness. We are remembering the blood and sacrifice of our founding, and we are honoring it and sharing it with our children and grandchildren once again. We are deliberating our own personal price, and in real time are having to consider if we have what it takes to “mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor”. We have quickly discovered how relevant this is today and all of the tomorrows after.
And we are all silently praying that we are not too late.
Today as we face our 245th birthday, Americans are once again making history – joining together to fight for the restoration of the America we need and cherish. Attending school board and city council meetings have become more important than going out to dinner; holding law-makers accountable has become more important than Monday night football; considering running for public office has become more important than moving up to the next ladder-rung at work; keeping up on current events has become more important than watching television; investing in our 2nd Amendment Rights has become more important than expensive cars and trucks; investing our time in our children has become more important than spending the same on ourselves; praying to God has become more important than texting friends…
Despite this patriotic revival, this year’s Independence Day still finds a vast majority of Americans with very troubled hearts because our country is changing at warp-speed and in very disturbing, warped ways.
Some of us are attempting to unite our efforts with others – as we should. But we also must recognize that our efforts are already naturally united with our countrymen thousands of miles away, because we are all fighting the same war in every state.
This mutual understanding and effort is noticeably true with musicians today. Not unlike the popularity and weaponry of music during the Revolutionary War, today’s great concerns and the People’s response are being reflected in many new songs created by many artists – both new and seasoned. The message of ‘We The People’ is reverberating from the mountaintops in the music industry – whether Hollywood approves or not. Which is exactly as it should be.
These artists are doing their part with the talents they’ve been blessed with. Despite the communist-driven magnifying glass of cancel culture, despite any repercussions that might come their way, they have already made a clear, conscientious and valorous decision to pledge their Lives, their Fortunes and their sacred Honor – for America. We need to be aware of the courage of these artists, and also recognize ourselves in them – after all, we are all cut from the same American cloth. We need to emulate their bravery by finding and using our own voice every time it is necessary.
To the surprise of us old-schoolers, many of these new patriotic songs are rap. Some of us might need to re-evaluate our opinions of this genre – it is actually quite ingenious when you really stop and listen. In fact, just this morning I found myself humming some of the tunes, marveling at the rhyming cadence that I’m pretty sure I personally would never be able to master.
To give you a taste of this new generation of musically gifted Patriots, we share some of these songs below, as well as other genres and older songs, along with a few speeches for you to enjoy and consider during your July 4th, 2021 celebration. We hope they provoke deep and creative thoughts on how you can bring your own skills and talents to the table for restoring AMERICA and reviving the PATRIOTISM that created the original fabric of this glorious Nation.
May God Almighty answer the Patriot’s prayer, may He find favor in our solemn acts and devotions, and may He deliver us and our country from evil once again. AMEN.
Dont Tread On Me by Nu Breed & Jesse Howard
Am I the Only One by Aaron Lewis
Misc songs and speeches to enjoy and consider during your July 4th, 2021 celebration:
2021
Am I the Only One (Country – Aaron Lewis) Clean version
Am I the Only One (Country – Aaron Lewis) Not-so-clean version
Happy Birthday America (Country – Toby Keith)
Dont Tread On Me (Mancunian Rapper – Nu Breed & Jesse Howard)
Time To Fight (Rap – Bryson Gray)
Snowflakes (Rap – Tom MacDonald)
All My Exes CHANGED THEIR SEXES (Country – Buddy Brown)
U.S. Army Marching Cadence
N. Carolina Lt. Gov. Robinson Speech June 2021
2020
Home Free – God Bless the U.S.A. (Lee Greenwood and The United States Air Force Band)
Gun Totin’ Patriot (Rap – Bryson Gray)
Earth To God (Country – John Rich)
You’re One of Us (Country – Buddy Brown)
Welcome to my House (Mancunian Rapper -Nu Breed & Jesse Howard)
The Patriot (Rap – Topher, The Marine Rapper)
Lay Me Down in the Cold, Cold Ground (Irish Folk – Sgt. MacKenzie by Joseph Rizza Kilna)
2019
Divided We Fall (Rap – Overtime)
Kids That Never Got Spanked (Country – Buddy Brown
2018
This Place Called USA (Country – Creed Fisher)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Angela Primm – for the movie Death of A Nation by Dinesh D’Souza)
Folded Flag (Country – Aaron Lewis)
2017
President Trump Inauguration Speech (President Donald J. Trump)
2016
If You Have a Right to Burn My Flag (Country – Creed Fisher)
I Think My Dog’s a Democrat (Country – Bryan Lewis)
2015
My Country Tis of Thee (Lee Greenwood)
2014
Mr Red White and Blue (Country – Coffey Anderson)
2011
Made In America (Country – Toby Keith)
America (Neil Diamond)
2009
American Soldier (Country – Toby Keith)
Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (Country – Toby Keith)
Have You Forgotten? (Country – Darryl Worley)
1991
The National Anthem – Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston)
1984
The truth about the Bruce Springsteen hit ‘Born in the USA’. (How fitting it was released in 1984.)
1981
A Warrior’s Pledge (Ronald Reagan Speech)
‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ Running Cadence with Bill Murray from Stripes 😉
1975
Ragged Old Flag (Johnny Cash)
1972
America the Beautiful (Ray Charles)
