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A perfect ballad for Independence week and poignant reminder of the sacrifice of so many unsung heroes. The illegal fireworks have started here and all I can do is endure and be very grateful they are not real bombs! I am feeling particlarly alarmed by the Islamist threat on multiple levels right now. Of course in this blue wokey area, most seem oblivious and it's impossible to talk about it with hardly anyone. Even many of the local conservatives I know seem to be on the Tucker/Owens track with this. I just cannot understand how they do not get it. So grateful for all you folks here who do understand the real and present danger to democracy we are facing from the rise of Islamism.

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Thanks, Celia. A great story and song for a beautiful area of the country. From the old DuPont powder mills at Hagley to the Brandywine battlefield and any number of old stone houses, the place is awash in history.

One thing: ". . . he joined his countrymen and ranged like Ajax on the field."

Ajax was my favorite ancient Greek guy. But would any kid know him now?

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