The Fourth of July

A collage of sorts.

Sources:

“Rip Van Winkle” performed by the Famous Theatre Company with the Hollywood Studio Orchestra: https://archive.org/details/lp_rip-van-winkle_the-famous-theatre-company-the-hollywood-s/disc1/01.01.+Rip+Van+Winkle.mp3

Trailer for “Ancient Aliens,” S03E11: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2065068/

“You’re a Grand Old Flag” performed by the American Quartet (1917): https://archive.org/details/78_youre-a-grand-old-flag_american-quartet-geo-m-cohan_gbia0238326b/

Douglas MacArthur’s speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, May 12, 1962: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/gazetteer/places/america/united_states/army/usma/macarthur/1962_speech_to_the_corps.html

“Independence Day,” dir. Roland Emmerich (1996)

MIDI file of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee”: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/My_country,_%27tis_of_thee_(Traditional)

“Rip Van Winkle” read by Ed Begley: https://archive.org/details/lp_rip-van-winkle_ed-begley-washington-irving/disc1/01.01.+Rip+Van+Winkle%2C+Pt.+1.mp3

"Stars and Stripes Forever" performed by Sousa's Band (c. 1898): http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr+1=1020&num=1&start=1&query=cylinder6713

Benjamin Franklin, "Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion" (1728): https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-01-02-0032