Happy 234th Birthday America!!!

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD , INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!


And this is a rather interesting picture, taken in 1918 at Camp Dodge in Iowa.

FACTS:Base to Shoulder: 150 feet
Right Arm: 340 feet
Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet
Right thumb: 35 feet
Thickest part of body: 29 feet
Left hand length: 30 feet
Face: 60 feet
Nose: 21 feet
Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet
Torch and flame combined: 980 feet
Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000Number of men in torch: 2,800
Number of men in right arm: 1,200
Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000

Total men: 18,000

I wish each of you a Happy Fourth of July, where ever you may be! Enjoy the time with friends and family, and please remember our Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Soldiers spread across the globe defending our freedoms, as they have been for 234 years (well, except for the Air Force).

“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the U.S. ARMED FORCES don’t have that problem.” ….. Ronald Reagan

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Happy 234th Birthday America!!! — 10 Comments

  1. Hi Jim Glad your back and somewhat settled! Have a Happy 4th.
    BTW your email account at Cox won[t deliver any mail! WUWT?

    wv: irlinge— Isn’t that the Irish airline Ha Ha!

  2. WSF/Gia- thanks!

    Ev- I’ll get an email out to you early next week.

    BZ- Don’t have a clue at this point… sigh…

  3. Thanks all! We went out and played golf on base. They had all the ‘flags’ on the holes replaced with little US flags. That was pretty neat!