Founding Fathers
The Declaration of Independence was written by this 3rd President
Thomas Jefferson
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address)
"...5 seconds left in the game...do you believe in Miracles? YESSSS!"
Miracle
"Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and..."
Chevrolet
"O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?"
Star Spangled Banner
This newspaperman who wrote Poor Richard's Almanack would've preferred the Turkey to the Bald Eagle as a symbol of our country
Ben Franklin
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Ronald Reagan (Berlin Speech)
"I feel the need...the need for speed..."
Top Gun
"Be all that you can be, in the..."
U.S. Army
"And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!"
America the Beautiful
This brewer and cousin to the 2nd President founded the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
"Free at last. Free at last. Thank God almighty, we are free at last.“
Martin Luther King, Jr (I Have a Dream)
"Houston, we have a problem."
Apollo 13
"I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,
I'd like to buy the world a..."
Coca Cola
"Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above."
God Bless America
This 4th President is known as the 'Father of the Constitution'
James Madison
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
FDR (in reaction to Pearl Harbor)
"We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our.."
Independence Day
"Born and brewed in the USA,
Just as proud as the people who are drinking it today,
<this beer> is made the American Way."
Miller
"A'riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni."
Yankee Doodle Dandy
This writer of Common Sense & The Rights of Man is known by many as the Father of the American Revolution
Thomas Paine
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
Patrick Henry (on the call for war during the American Revolution)
"Well, we can't run away and if we stay here, we can't shoot...so let's fix bayonets...they've got to be tired, the Rebs, if we are, so fix bayonets...BAYONETS!!!"
Gettysburg
"People start pollution...people can stop it..." (aka The Crying Indian commercial)
Keep America Beautiful
"And I'd gladly stand up
Next to you and defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land"
God Bless the U.S.A.