Happy birthday, America!
by Angela Wakefield
by Dan D’Amico
by Derek McCrea
by Diane Knott
by Jeffrey Nuemann
By John Baeder
by Linda Nelson Stocks
By Paul Berenson
by Robert Watts
by Tom Antonishak
By Tom Brown
By Tom Cannady
It’s the 4th of July! Independence Day! The 250th birthday of America! Here to help you celebrate are some vintage postcards from Independence Days past! Here’s hoping that everyone has a safe and wonderful 4th of July holiday!
It wasn’t difficult to pick today’s song of the day. Here is the National Anthem, performed by the class of 2012 at my old high school. They did a great job!
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, for America’s birthday, I want to celebrate America’s game!
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Natural (1984, Dir. by Barry Levinson)
Major League (1989, Dir. by David Ward)
Eight Men Out (Dir. by John Sayles)
Eephus (2024, Dir. by Carson Lund)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown was the first Peanuts movie. It was released in 1969 and, in this scene, Snoopy gets the Little League season off to the right start with the national anthem.
I hope everyone’s having a great 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July from the Shattered Lens!
I love Independence Day. I love spending time with my family. I love watching the fireworks. I even love listening to the same patriotic songs year after year. This year, the holiday is even more special because it is America’s 250th birthday!
I know that it’s fashionable to get down on America. I don’t care. Even when times are tough, there is no greater country than America. There is no greater idea than America. I consider myself blessed every day to be a citizen of this country. And that’s why I’ll be celebrating all day today.
Happy birthday, America! And here’s to the next 250 years!
by Erin Nicole
Happy birthday, America!
Happy 4th of July! Here to help you celebrate are these “American” movie posters!
Here, to remind you why we celebrate the birth of this country, is a selection of patriotic posters from World War I and World War II.
The Rat Pack by Phil Stern
We’re only a few hours away from America’s 250th birthday! And what would an American birthday party be without some American celebrities of the present and the past?
Joan Crawford by Ruth Harriet Louise
Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee by Leo Fuchs
Marlon Brando by Leo Fuchs
Mary Badham and Gregory Peck by Leo Fuchs
Natalie Wood by Alan Grant
Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny by Phil Stern
James Dean by Phil Stern
John Wayne by Phil Stern
Bruce Conner, Toni Basil, and Teri Garr by Dennis Hopper
Paul Newman by Dennis Hopper
Tuesday Weld by Dennis Hopper
Robert Downey, Jr. by Mary Ellen Mark
Meryl Streep by Mary Ellen Mark
Johnny Depp by Mary Ellen Mark
