Tag Archives: Independence Day

A Scene that I Love: Snoopy Plays The National Anthem in A Boy Named Charlie Brown

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I couldn’t find any Peanuts specials that were set during Independence Day but I did come across this fantastic version of The Star-Spangled Banner from A Boy Named Charlie Brown.  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!

Enjoy the 4th With These Vintage Fireworks!

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

My family has always been a fireworks family.  Every 4th of July, when I was growing up, my family would celebrate the 4th of July in Arkansas.  My Uncle would always drive me and my sisters and our cousins all over Arkansas and Oklahoma and we would stop at every fireworks stand that we found.  He would buy us all as many fireworks as we wanted.  My cousins always wanted something that would blow up and make a lot of noise.  I liked the sparklers and the black cubes that would turn into snakes.  Lisa and I always wanted to get anything that had a cat or a bat (like the ones above) on the label.  We would get so excited whenever we spotted a new fireworks stand.

Here to help both you and me get into the 4th of July mood are some great fireworks labels!  If you bought enough of these, you know that 4th was going to be a good one.

Remember, like Marilyn Monroe says, enjoy your fireworks safely!

Happy 4th of July From The Shattered Lens

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Happy 4th of July from the Shattered Lens!

I love Independence Day.  I love spending time with my family.  I love watching the fireworks at Breckenridge Park.  I even love listening to my town’s orchestra as they play the same patriotic songs year after year.

I don’t care how fashionable it is to attack America or to say that this country has never been great.  We all know the truth.  Is America perfect?  No, but no country is.  Are we having tough times right now?  Yes, but so is the rest of the world.  The idea behind America is great.  The ideals of America are great.  Sometimes, we have failed to live up to those ideals but that doesn’t make those ideals any less worthy.  The more people try to take us down, the more I remember everything that we’ve survived.  America has made mistakes.  America still has work to do.  Celebrating America does not mean ignoring the times when the nation failed to live up to its ideals.  But don’t ever think America isn’t great.

What isn’t great is shooting off fireworks at three in the morning.  Celebrate America but respect your neighbors!

Happy birthday, America!

Celebrate Rural America With The Pulps!

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Artist Unknown

To help you get in the mood for the 4th of July, here is a very pulpy celebration of rural America!

by Rudy Nappi

Artist Unknown

by James Avati

by Julian Paul

by Lou Marchetti

by Raymond Johnson

by Rudy Nappi

by Rudy Nappi

by Victor Olson

by Warren King

by TW McClean

Unknown Artist

Celebrate The Cities of America With The Pulps!

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by Robert Maguire

With the 4th of July approaching, it’s time to celebrate the great American cities with a little help from the pulps!

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

by Barye Phillips

by George Gross

by Harry Barton

by Julian Paul

by Mike Ludlow

by Mike Ludlow

by Raymond Pease

by Robert Bonfils

by Robert Maguire

by Robert Stanley

by Robert Stanley

by Robert Stanley

by Hubert Rogers

Get In The Mood For The 4th With These Vintage Posters

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

The 4th of July is just a few days!  If you’re having trouble getting in the mood to celebrate America, I understand.  The past few years haven’t been easy and sometimes, we seem more divided as a country than we ever have.  But I have faith in us, as both a country and as a citizenry.  We’ve survived tough times before and we’ll survive them again in the future.

Here, to hopefully help get you in the mood for the 4th, is selection of patriotic posters from World War I and World War II.