Here is my tribute to America, the Greatest Country ever devised by humanity in all its recorded history.  This Independence Day, each and every American should be celebrating the founding of a nation founded on a great idea, that All Men Are Created Equal, by their God, with the Unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

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O BEAUTIFUL, FOR SPACIOUS SKIES

Skagit Valley, Washington

Tennessee

FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN

Palouse, Washington

FOR PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES

Stuart Range, Washington

Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Beartooth Range, Montana

ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN

Apple orchard, Wenatchee, Washington

AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE!

AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD

FROM SEA

TO SHINING SEA!

Atlantic Ocean, Cape May, New Jersey

GOD BLESS AMERICA, and may our Great Country long endure.  Americans, stand up and cheer today for our country, the last, best hope of the world.

[Note: all but one of the photographs above were taken by me]