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by GINNY FOWBLE In 2014 George Hicks presented the Chandler Lions Club with an idea to add a small splash pad around the Chandler public pool. The Lions Club has always had service projects to improve community and saw the need for this type of addition to our town. The original thought was to have a “splash” area where small children could play in the water while big brothers and sisters were swimming in the pool. The Lions Club board members at the time began fundraising to set aside funds that would hopefully be used for such a project. George Hicks reached out to Power Play, a company that had experience in designing several previous splash pads around the state. They came and gave an excellent presentation before the Chandler City Council on what a splash pad would cost for a community like Chandler. The cost was nearly $200,000 and was not in the budget for the City of Chandler. Neither was it a project that the Lions Club could take on alone. It was truly too much to even partner together without additional funding. One of the grants available during this time was a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant through the National Parks Service that the City of Chandler could apply for to receive matching funds for a project just like this. A few individuals got to work and submitted the grant application, then they waited. It was approved!
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However, some details still needed to be worked out, so a few of us met with the city manager, design professionals and the grant representatives to go over specifics. It now appeared that the plan to tie the splash pad into the pool would be much more expensive and more difficult than originally expected. So on to plan B – we still wanted it in close proximity to the pool and centrally located in the heart of Chandler. We then considered cleaning up the old Williams Field to utilize that space for the splash pad. For those who do not remember, Williams Field was where many young men from Chandler played little league baseball 30-40 years ago. To honor those memories, Lion Brian Bendele came up with a great baseball diamond design for the new splash pad that would help take those guys down memory lane every time they pulled up to the splash pad with their children or grandchildren. Power Play completed the design with Baseball Cannon water features and a Home Run water ring. The last touch was to give it the Williams Field plaque and officially call it Williams Field Splash Pad. All changes were presented to the City Council for approval and then on to the Land and Water Conservation Grant Director. Finally, in May 2019 notice was received that the submitted changes were accepted, the
matching grant was approved and construction would begin late summer of 2019. This is when the real work began for James Melson, David Nickell and Stephanie Carmichael. It was no easy task bringing all the construction crews together, making all the water and drain connections and then getting the finishing touches done with concrete, lighting, and a
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THE MIGHTY
EAGLE by MARGIE TESTERMAN The mighty eagle soars uncharted, Unconquered and unconquerable. Still soaring above man’s inventions His mighty spirit speaks with pride. The heavens hear his voice, Undaunted by sounds of man. His singing heart, not stilled by The longing of times past. Wings not clipped by prejudice, Still soars above man’s head. His wings touched by God’s hand. In the windswept matchless sky. He sees the wonderment and What God has touched and molded. In the oceans blue and the Green of the earth’s carpet. His spirit not yet stilled nor, Valiant hearts not conquered. Voices yet to be silenced, The mighty eagle will soar.
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A WINDOW INTO
Fourth of July Summertime Fun in Oklahoma
RESIDENTS MAKE TIME TO STOP AND SHARE THEIR STORIES Summertime in Oklahoma. Blistering temperatures, sunny and overcast skies, raging humidity, blackberries, snakes, and lightning bugs. It is difficult to think of summertime activities without conjuring up memories of summers gone by and the patriotic displays of affection for this beautiful country we all share. Many have their own unique ways of showing appreciation for their country, not to mention family traditions and pastimes. As a child, I spent many summers on my grandparents’ dairy farm in Indiana where the temperature and thick air is comparable to Oklahoma. We would pick vegetables from my grandmother’s garden and prepare them for big extended family meals, ride grandpa’s old horse, and explore creeks and the underside of country bridges. Fourth of July celebrations consisted of all my uncles trying to outdo one another with the biggest, loudest, and brightest fireworks. I vividly recall the Fourth of July in 1976 when two of my aunts and I went out along the dark remote country road to bang some pots and pans. My uncle Lon came out and convinced us kids there was something magical about that particular year and holiday that we would never experience again. Although I was too young to appreciate it at the time, he was right. Some never got to celebrate a century mark of our country’s independence from Britain. To honor our country’s birthday, I decided to take a few drives and strolls along The Corridor and ask people how they celebrate the Fourth of July. I hope you enjoy hearing the traditions and memories of our fellow Oklahomans as much as I enjoyed seeking them out and hearing them firsthand. I began venturing down The Corridor at the town of Bristow, which celebrates the holiday annually during the Sam Varner Fireworks Celebration. The event, which was formerly named “Patriotism in the Park,” was renamed to honor the memory of Mr. Varner. Bristow’s
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annual event boasts fireworks displays, vendors, and food trucks. Many towns along The Corridor are known to celebrate the holiday in a grand fashion.
Left to right, Specialist Nathan Greenhagen and Corporal Dillon McDaniel enjoy fireworks displays and spending time family during the Fourth of July holiday.
As I strolled down Route 66, I spotted a couple of young men in National Guard uniforms on their way to the Lincoln County Health Department. Corporal Dillon McDaniel and Specialist Nathan Greenhagen chatted with me about their service with the National Guard and their extended one-year orders during the Covid pandemic. The two buddies were performing administrative duties on the day I happened to spot them. Dillon said he spends most of his time off with family and enjoys celebrating with fireworks, cooking out, and watching documentaries. When not working full time in the National Guard, Dillon is a teacher in the Oklahoma City area. This year Dillon and his wife plan to travel to a state park with their son. Nathan, who is normally in college when not on special assignment, said he enjoys watching fireworks with his family at Ponca Lake; his favorite part of the holiday is the annual tradition of enjoying a good meal with his extended family.
Farther west along Highway 66 at a local park, Shannon and Doug Kirkpatrick were grilling hamburgers and stopped to chat. The couple, from Roff, relocated to Oklahoma two years ago from New Jersey. Shannon shared a particularly memorable Fourth of July when her mother set off a firework that landed sideways and began pointing and shooting embers at family members that ultimately landed in her sister’s purse and set it on fire. Shannon said her mother is no longer allowed to oversee lighting the fireworks.
Mr. James Keene, a twenty year US Marines Veteran, enjoys watching fireworks with his wife Gayle, at small towns in Oklahoma in celebration of our country’s birthday.
Within the town of Chandler, Mr. James Keene was sitting on the porch of his Victorian style home on Highway 66, enjoying the warm sunny morning. James has lived in this residence for 28 years with his wife, Gayle. The Keene home proudly displayed flags along the yard. James served in the US Marines for 20 years. The fam-
ily enjoys watching fireworks displays at various small towns in the area. As I drove off and waved, I left feeling as though I had made a new friend for life. On down the road westward bound, Lesa HankinsLehr stopped to share her annual tradition of parade riding with her grandson Konnor. Lesa said her favorite part of the holiday is spending time with family and parade participation in patriotic attire. On a side note, off the beaten path of The Corridor, the Town of McLoud boasts one of the longest running annual Fourth of July events in the state of Oklahoma, their Blackberry Festival. We plan to attend this event for the first time this year. I am a sucker for those juicy Oklahoma blackberries and happily fight the thorns, snakes, and chiggers each year to stock the freezer for months to come. However you choose to spend your time, I hope you enjoy the holiday and fun in the sun. n
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Chandler, OK Open Rodeo The 81st Annual Chandler Open Rodeo will be on us before we know it. July 30th & 31st will be an action packed weekend for the entire family. The annual event is hosted by the Chandler Round Up Club. The club was founded around 1940 by a number of Chandler Business men and local ranchers and farmers. A rodeo arena was built using rail road ties for posts and hog wire and cable for fencing. The present day arena sits in the same location of the original arena. The property was part of the original Lincoln County Fairground and the site of a race horse track along Bell Cow Creek. Over the years the club has produced a variety of events from IPRA rodeos, youth rodeos, play days, and state high school rodeo finals. While much has changed over the years, the annual open rodeo at the end of July has become a summer time staple. Spectators from all over come to watch top-notch contestants compete for prize money in Bareback Riding, Ranch Bronc Riding, Tie Down Roping, Barrel Racing, Ladies Breakaway Roping, Team Roping and Bull Riding. Athletes range from professional cowboys from other states to hometown heroes ready to shine
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Local businesses and their employees prefer the wildly popular Baby Bale Sprint. It’s a race by teams of 3 pushing a 600 lb hay bale across the finish line to raise money for local charities. Last year Ball Auction Service won the women’s division and State Farm won the men’s division. Donations were sent to the Chosen House and
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America.
Our Beautiful Homeland by ALLISON ELDREDGE
As with any holiday, I find myself remembering the past celebrations and trying to incorporate traditions from year to year. Independence Day is no exception. Fireworks.
Independence Day must have fireworks! It is a staple of the celebration. Growing up, I remember going to Bristow Lake for the fireworks display. For many of those events, there would also be turtle races for the young ones, cookouts or picnics at the lake, and playing at the park. There will be many fireworks displays to choose from along The Corridor this year. Which one will you choose? Traditionally, we wait until the last moment to decide where we will go. Sometimes that decision is based on what location our friends and family have decided to visit. In years past, we have occasionally done our own fireworks show. Nothing large like a city or community will provide; but, it is fun for the kiddos to watch them in their own yard and it is fun for the guy(s) who are entrusted with the fire stick to set all of the fireworks off.
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One year, my dad and brother were setting off fireworks. One firework burned a hole into the side of the container and started shooting out fireworks toward the crowd (me and my mom). We scrambled and screamed. Thankfully, no one was hurt. But I think that was the last year, my dad put on his own fireworks show.
Food.
Yum! All Independence Day celebrations need some good food. From my experience, the most common July 4th foods are hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, baked beans, potato chips, watermelon and homemade ice cream. Anyone else getting hungry?
Friends.
Celebrating our freedom as a nation is better with friends. The past year and a half has been hard on a lot of events and friendship celebrations. COVID shut
down fellowship times and cancelled events that were part of our routine. Now, we are finally getting back to what was our normal, as best we can. We can again feel the freedom to share the celebrations of our nation with those we have missed seeing this past year.
Freedom.
We must remember our freedom. Independence Day is the annual celebration of the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It was the official beginning of this county: the United States of America. The day that we declared we were no longer a colony of England; we were our own country. And we were (and are) proud of it. As America has grown into the size and shape that she is today, many good and bad days have occurred. Growing pains, you could say. She has seen her share of natural and national disasters. She has seen war within her borders and sent her sons and daughters to fight wars on distant shores. She has embraced the many citizens who came to live here and she stood for their freedom and given hope to countless other citizens around the world. She isn’t perfect. She isn’t even close, but she is
beautiful. Have you traveled the many wonderful locations within her borders? I have traveled to a few and I intend to travel to more. The natural beauty that is contained not only in national and state parks but down many back roads is awe-inspiring and breath-catching. Sites of natural beauty that I think every American should visit are Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, the Redwood Forest, the Rocky Mountains, the Smokey Mountains, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. These are some of the places that I would love to spend months and months exploring. The pride in being American was fostered during my youth when I was exposed to many patriotic songs, poems, and events. I remember reading America, the Beautiful in a book. It was the first and last thing written on the inside cover page and end page. I had heard it put to music, but only the first stanza was familiar to me. I enjoyed reading the rest of it. We stood for every National Anthem, proudly holding our hand over our heart. We stood for the flag presentations; we recited the Pledge of Allegiance daily in school. All of these things made an impact and I hope we continue to pass them on to our children and grandchildren. This Independence Day, let’s get out there and celebrate our county, our freedom, and our Independence!
CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY! “Let us never forget that in honoring OUR FLAG, WE HONOR THE AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE COURAGEOUSLY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR IT OVER THE LAST 200 YEARS, PATRIOTS WHO SET AN IDEAL ABOVE ANY CONSIDERATION OF SELF. OUR FLAG FLIES FREE TODAY BECAUSE OF their sacrifice.” RONALD REAGAN
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He had his hands on his hips, and a scowl on his face as he marched around the room looking at us saying, “Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera!” (You have to have seen the movie to understand the moment!) I was petrified. I thought he was real and expecting ME to DO something! Sis grabbed my hand and reassured me he wasn’t out to get us. Anyhow, I spent the continuing decades seeing movies in the Dunkin. I recall Mike Harris and I going to see the movie Exodus when we were in grade school. We were too young to appreciate it. We left when the screen said, ‘Intermission’ assuming that was just a fancy word for ‘The End’. Ha! Live and learn! My wife and I saw a little bit of ET there. We stayed until the three year old grandson got terrified of ET and started screaming for us to take him to ‘safety’, as he called it. John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Jerry Lewis, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, James Bond, westerns, war movies. You can tell what era I was surrounded by! I saw Love Story and Romeo and Juliet at the Dunkin.
I saw my friend Bucky Deering put his arm around Linda Peterman’s shoulder there one night. That’s when I suspected my days of traipsing through neighbor’s pastures with him, our fishing rods and BB guns in hand, would soon be a thing of the past. Ah, the memories! The efforts of the Beasleys and company have resulted in a spectacular rebirth of a facility that not only presents first run movies, but live music as well. DJ and I were there for the grand opening last month and it exceeded all of my expectations. Said grand opening was a live concert by the Damn Quails, Jason Scott and Giakob Lee. The music and presentation was first rate! Comfortable new seating, beautiful interior, balcony with tables and seating, full concession stand and a bar as an added feature. The restrooms are spacious and immaculate, the personnel friendly and welcoming. The Dunkin is set to recapture and create a whole new era of entertainment in downtown Cushing! It’s made a grand start! See you at the movies! (Or at a concert!) Check out the Dunkin Theater on social media. Or the website: www.DunkinTheatre.com Poet, Catherine Katey Johnson I met Catherine Katey Johnson a few years ago at one of Sharon Martin’s poetry gatherings at the Tidewater Winery in Drumright. When she stood to read her work we didn’t know what to expect. Of course we didn’t!. Such events were somewhat of a mystery to us relative newcomers at the live poetry game. She tugged a little at our heartstrings with topics such as Oklahoma droughts, tornadoes, car wrecks, gardening, the Oklahoma City bombing. And then had us bellowing with laughter at the simple pitfalls of aging and again at the mention of her ‘starter husband’ and her life beyond. In visiting with her recently I discovered that Catherine Katey Johnson is an Oklahoma renaissance woman, artist, poet, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, commmnity activist and stand up comedian. Katey moved to Cushing in December of 2019, after
finding it an appealing, affordable alternative to crowded, big city livin’. In addition to once working at Tinker Air Force Base proofreading B1 bomber manuals, teaching, and writing screenplays at Borders Books, she also spent many years working for Oklahoma State Department of Education, under the leadership of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Sandy Garrett, assisting Dr. Ramona Paul, Assistant State Superintendent. She retired from there several years ago. In January 2005, she also authored, Pody Poe, from Tinhorn Gambler to Kingpin of Organized Crime – as told to Catherine Katey Johnson. I recall reading about him and his troubles with the federal government at the time.. She turned to life as an artist In the 80s after her children were grown and she had successfully shed that aforementioned ‘starter husband’. She worked at a gallery in the Paseo District. As an artist one of her largest commissioned works, a 7 ft. by 20 ft. mural, hung for nearly 20 years at OKC’s Devon Tower. During that time she also began working on her stand up comedy routine, eventually appearing at LA’s Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and the Improv. (This woman is fearless!) She tells of corralling a touring comedian once after a performance and asking him his advice on getting started. He essentially told her to stand up in front of people and be funny. The idea being that when they start laughing you’ll know you’re doing it right! As an artist and comedian she goes by the name ‘KariGrant’, all one word. Her poetry has been included in dozens of publications and her two works of poetry ‘Resting Soil’ and ‘50 Shades of Grey Hair’ are both available on Amazon. Most recently she was runner up in OKC’s DeadCenter Film Festival’s screenplay division on June 13th, with her latest screenplay, ‘Magnum Farce’, a humorous take on Clint Eastwood’s character from the movie ‘Magnum Force’. It deals with jackalope ranchers losing their stock to toxic runoff from an illegal cloning operation. And a man armed with a giant bowling ball. Sounds like my kind of humor; off the wall! She’s funny but also adept at horror. She won the horror screenplay award in the 2010 Tulsa International Film Festival for Best Horror Script. She holds degrees from Rose State College as well as University of Central Oklahoma. Her credits are far too numerous to mention here but they’re listed on her Facebook page for those who’d like to check out those details. To quote the last line from her poem ‘Resting Soil’ ...‘The wonder is not man’s genius. The wonder is that nature survives it.’ Catherine Katey Johnson, AKA, KariGrant, a woman, a poet, with stories to tell! You can find her poetry on Amazon. You can follow her on Facebook. Maybe you can even see her around town or maybe, at the movies!
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“No! I’m not saying that now I don’t want to marry you,” Delilah said, with a little less patience than when she answered the same question twice before. “I’m saying I don’t want to marry you now.” “How is that different?” Eli raged. “Oh! My gosh! Eli!” Delilah countered, as she took one last swipe of the kitchen counter and draped the cloth on the side of the drain rack. “I’m saying I don’t want to get married now, meaning right this minute, now. I’m not saying I’ve changed my mind and now I don’t want to marry you. Geez.” The dinner party had come to an abrupt end once one of the guests, Norma, a Chickasaw Shaman and ordained minister, offered to marry Delilah and Eli. Eli took Delilah’s rejection of the idea as a refusal to wed him altogether. And the quarrel began. In no time, Norma had extended the same offer to Dooby and Karon, and a secondary tiff ensued. Norma and her grandson, Kyle, departed unceremoniously, followed by Dooby and Karon, who decided to take their disagreement to the apartment over the garage, which left Delilah, Eli, and Joel in the big house. Delilah started down the hall from the kitchen to the living room, turning lights off as she went, with Eli hot on her heels. “And besides, while Norma might’ve been able to perform a ceremony, we still would not be legally married because we don’t have a license,” she added over her shoulder. “I understood what you meant,” Joel said, as Deli-
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DELILAH’S PLACE lah and Eli entered the living room. “That’s great, Joel,” Eli snapped. “There’s no reason for you to snap at Joel,” Delilah fussed, as she plucked the remote control from Joel’s hand and began channel surfing. “Hey! I was watching that!” Joel cried. “Really?” Delilah said, truly shocked. “I mean, I know you like documentaries, but I would never have guessed you for a paranormal buff.” Delilah handed the remote control back to Joel, who changed the channel back. “Does it bother you?” Joel asked. “Not at all,” Delilah said. “So, you believe in ghosts?” Joel asked. “Uh, yeah,” Delilah proclaimed. “Excuse me!” Eli interrupted. “Can we, uh, continue our conversation about getting married?” “Okay, Eli?” Delilah began. “To ease your mind, I still want to marry you. We are still going to get married. But there’s no rush, is there?” “I just don’t see the necessity to wait,” Eli said. “Well, how ‘bout five dead husbands and the curse that killed them?” Delilah said. “Not that again,” Eli argued, throwing his hands in the air. “I don’t want to hear this.” “I want to hear it,” Joel said with a grin, and he hit the mute button on the remote control. “You are about to get on my last nerve,” Eli told Joel. “Eli!” Delilah shouted. Eli turned and headed toward the entry hall, with
expletives under his breath. Something along the lines of an easy something-or-an-other excuse. “Where are you going?” Delilah asked. “Upstairs,” Eli said, without turning to face Delilah. “Gotta pack for our trip.” “What trip?” Joel asked. Delilah rolled her eyes and sighed as she plopped down on the sofa at the other end from Joel. “Eli and Dooby are going to Montana. No, wait. I think it’s Wyoming.” “Oh, yeah,” Joel said. “To get the new log cabin. Okay, so tell me about the five dead husbands and the curse that killed them.” “Well,” Delilah began. “My first husband was J. J. Hamilton. We met in college, got married. Planned to live happily ever after, and was living that plan successfully until he was killed by a flying golfcart.” Delilah paused, not so much for effect, but to see the look on Joel’s face, which was a bit of a disappointment. “Yeah, I’m gonna need a little more than that,” he said. “Right,” Delilah said with a scowl. “The thing is, he had broken his leg several weeks prior to his death, and some of his friends, one of which was an intern
at the hospital, wanted him to go with them to play golf. Well, naturally, he couldn’t play. So, the intern “borrowed” a wheel chair from the hospital, strapped J. J. into the chair, and then strapped the wheel chair onto the golf cart. At one point, the cart slipped out of gear and began rolling down a hill with J. J. still attached to the back. Then it hit a rock and flipped, causing J. J.’s chair to come loose and detach. The flying golf cart hit J. J., and well, he died.” Joel had pursed his lips, and Delilah could tell he was making a great effort to keep a straight face. “Go ahead,” Delilah said. “We can laugh about it now.” “I just didn’t want to be disrespectful,” Joel said. “I appreciate that,” Delilah said. “What about your second husband?” Joel pressed. “Ambrose Fisher,” Delilah said quickly and with little emotion. “Ambitious politician, eighteen years older than me. He saw me as arm candy that could further his career. And my mother saw him as the vehicle that would launch me to a more acceptable social standing. At least more acceptable to her.” Delilah shook her head and chuckled mirthlessly. “How did he die,” Joel asked. Delilah grinned. “He was stung by a bee,” she
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“I was only married to the fourth one for six months,” Delilah said. “Or what I fondly refer to as my cougar period.” Joel’s brow furrowed. “He was nine years younger than me, and quite the daredevil,” Delilah reminisced. “But it wasn’t his recklessness that killed him. Cade Conner slipped in the shower one day and hit his head. I got arrested for that one.” “No way,” Joel said. “Yes, way,” she said. “Arrested, charged with murder, and thrown in jail.” “You want some iced tea?” Joel asked as he rose from the sofa and headed to the kitchen. “Please,” Delilah replied. Moments later, Joel returned to the living room, and placed the glistening glass on a coaster on the coffee table in front of Delilah. “Thank you,” Delilah said, reaching for the refreshment. “So, tell me about your last husband,” Joel said, sitting down on the sofa. “Mmm. Jeremy Smith,” Delilah said. “Another Smith?” Joel asked.
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“Yep,” Delilah said. “But not related.” “So, you’re Delilah Leah Beauregard Hamilton Fisher Smith Conner Smith?” Joel said, ticking off each name with his fingers. “Very good, Joel,” Delilah said. “Jeremy,” Delilah began. “Was an aerospace parts salesman who traveled the country. I rather enjoyed the arrangement to be honest. He was only home about one week a month, sometimes more. I didn’t think anything of it until one day I got a call from a sheriff who informed me that one of Jeremy’s “other” wives had shot him. And it wasn’t the crazy, hot tempered red head, but the sweet, quiet, docile blonde that shot him after she discovered his duplicity. I told the guy I had no idea which made me the dumb brunette.” “That is so sad,” Joel said. “Oh, it is what it is,” Delilah said. She took another drink of tea. “I don’t understand how this curse thing plays into all of this, though,” Joel said after a long stretch of silence. “Well, hold onto your hat,” Delilah said. “That’s another story altogether.”
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PA S TO R PA U L’ S PA S S A G E S by Pastor Paul Ragle
GOD BLESS AMERICA LAND THAT I LOVE... The United States of America celebrates its 245th Birthday this month. Red, white and blue decorations abound across the land.
As I write this article for the July Corridor today, I also pray for two world leaders who are meeting for tense talks in Geneva. The world awaits to hear what may come out of this summit. May the Holy One’s peace and purpose be reflected in the tone and politics in what these leaders share afterwards. The United States of America celebrates its 245th birthday this month. Red, white and blue decorations abound across the land. Since the 4th falls on Sunday this year, we’ll celebrate the birth of our nation in worship. Normally, our church does not display the flag in the worship place, but on Independence Day, the flag will be brought into the sanctuary and we will sing a few patriotic hymns in worship. We are grateful for our democratic republic with its liberties, but we resist venerating the nation as superior to the rest of the world. When we sing “God Bless America” we don’t believe that the Holy One blesses the United States above other nations. We are simply grateful for the beautiful land, the wonderful people who live here, and the opportunities we have in America to be God’s servants in the entire cosmos. In 1918 while Irving Berlin was serving in the U.S. Army, he wrote the song “God Bless America” for a show at Camp Yaphank. He didn’t use the song for the review. In 1938, as Adolf Hitler was rising to power, Berlin intro-
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duced the song on an Armistice Day radio broadcast; it was sung by Kate Smith with the musical introduction, “While the storm clouds gather far across the sea / let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free / Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, / As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.” Woody Guthrie criticized the song, and in 1940 wrote “This Land Is Your Land” as a response. Many antiSemitic groups protested the song due to its authorship by a Jewish immigrant. In 1943, Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America” was featured in the patriotic musical, THIS IS THE ARMY along with other Berlin tunes. Berlin gave the royalties of the song to the GOD BLESS AMERICA FUND for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in New York City. The Song has been sung by the Civil Rights Movement, at labor rallies, and to silence those who opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. We should not forget that Irving Berlin wrote these words as a prayer for peace. God bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with the light from above From the mountains to the prairies To the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home n
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