Comments on: The Fourth: A Few Thoughts on Being American http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/05/the-fourth-a-few-thoughts-on-being-american/ slashing and sewing image text and illusion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nancy http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/05/the-fourth-a-few-thoughts-on-being-american/#comment-342 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:33:35 +0000 http://quiltingsword.wordpress.com/?p=157#comment-342 Hey, I like that version of the Star Spangled Banner! Nice. Happy 4th!

]]> By: Wind http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/05/the-fourth-a-few-thoughts-on-being-american/#comment-337 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:04:09 +0000 http://quiltingsword.wordpress.com/?p=157#comment-337 it’s cool to read those famous words in french. i guess it’s the original since lady liberty was made in france. both our republics have a very long shared history of democratic idealism. hopefully the next administration will reawaken those bonds.

happy upcoming bastile day!

]]> By: amanea http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/05/the-fourth-a-few-thoughts-on-being-american/#comment-336 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:01:47 +0000 http://quiltingsword.wordpress.com/?p=157#comment-336 I agree, and will add that the America has just given the world a great lesson of democracy, considering the democrat’s nominee election.

“Donnez-moi vos pauvres, vos fatigués,
Vos masses entassées qui ont soif de liberté,
Les gens rejetés de vos côtes surpeuplées,
Envoyez-moi les sans-abri, les ballottés par les tempêtes.
Près de la porte d’or, je lève mon flambeau au dessus de ma tête.”

]]> By: introspective813 http://quiltingsword.com/2008/07/05/the-fourth-a-few-thoughts-on-being-american/#comment-335 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:31:27 +0000 http://quiltingsword.wordpress.com/?p=157#comment-335 Awsome. Thanks for your wonderful reflections.

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