Gasp: 1 in 4 Americans Don’t Know Which Country America Declared its Independence From
- Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:04pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Americans, on the whole, should probably spend a little more time educating themselves about their homeland and a little less time barbecuing this weekend. According to a new poll released earlier today by Marist, a substantial portion of the nation appears confused about the most basic details of America’s founding. Marist reports:
Only 58% of residents know that the United States declared its independence in 1776. 26% are unsure, and 16% mentioned another date.
There are age differences on this question. Younger Americans are the least likely to know the correct answer. Only 31% of adults younger than 30 say that 1776 is the year in which the United States broke away from Great Britain.
As for another question about the nation’s founding — which country patriots freed themselves from — 76 percent of respondents correctly stated Great Britain. While this majority figure sounds excellent (Americans were actually up two percentage points from the previous year), this means that one in four people have no idea which country citizens fought against to obtain our freedom. That 76 should certainly be 100!
Surprisingly, nine percent of college graduates didn’t know that Great Britain was the correct answer. And, on both indicators there were significant disparities in correct answers between men and women:
When it comes to gender, men — 65% — are more likely to respond with 1776 than are women — 52%.
Men — 83% — are more likely than women — 68% — to know that the United States declared its independence from Great Britain.
Either way, Americans need to crack open those history books. Hopefully next year the proportions will reflect a nation fully in-tune with its history. We shall see.
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Comments (371)
suzirice1979
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:23pmAs for this survey, I’m not surprised. I’ve yet to meet a student at the middle school I teach at who has a clue as to when various wars were fought, who was involved, etc. Unfortunately, in Georgia at least, elementary school is when they are supposed to be taught American history. In middle school, we teach mostly world geography and so they don’t get much taught to them about the world wars, Civil War, etc.
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:22pmSadly, it also reflects the state of our educational system.
Report Post »JOE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:22pmThis is all ok mexico will become a usa state tooo…………..
Report Post »stuckinhellinois
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:20pmSadly, I can’t say I am surprised. Our young people have really had a great disservice done to them thanks to our liberal public school system. On a non-related note, I am due any day with baby #3 and I would love nothing more than to have an Independence Day baby, especially since my naturalized American husband was born and raised in England :-)
Report Post »Charybdis
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:20pmAnd women now outnumber men on college campuses today (with all Title IX laws still in effect, of course.) Go figure.
Report Post »tiredofprogressives
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:19pmThe reason they don’t know what country we declared our independence from is due to the Socialists and Far Left and infiltrated the school system in top level positions. The teachers are also far left. We have not paid attention for the past 25 years what is being taught our children and were not involved. We are almost on the verge of loosing our country.
So what must be done? Tell all the white conservatives who have not voted and encourage them to get out and vote and explain to them the reason why.
We can stop this. The Socialist’s do NOT want our children to know their Heritage and how our country was founded.
GET OUT AND VOTE. Get rid of these leeches and parasites.
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:37pmI‘d guess that the teachers don’t know either.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:40pmAgree 100% keep up the good work,I tell every conservative I know to get out and vote to rid our society of these vile progressives.
Report Post »neither1
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:59amWhy the white conservatives???
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:06amHEY BLAZE your new REPLY SYSTEM SUCKS .BTW your CENSORSHIP is a JOKE too. Don’t know how much longer I will frequent your site .GLEN do you hear US I’m not the only one who thinks your new format is GARBAGE.
Report Post »Mark Richman
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:19pmIsn’t it poor grammar to end a sentence with a preposition?
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:04pmNo
Debunking Grammar Myths.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14636
And more if interested you still are. (oh at least two right there)
Report Post »http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14723?cnn=yes
goengo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:13pmThese “myths” were taught as proper grammar to generations of Americans, and I believe they are still proper today. Not only that, but Mental Floss uses outrageous examples to make her case. Take this example from the website:
“One last hobgoblin. A great many educated people insist that we shouldn’t use the word whose to refer to an inanimate object. True believers would never say, “Don’t buy a car whose engine is shot.” They’d insist on “Don’t buy a car the engine of which is shot.” Please. This is not only a silly rule—it’s a damned awkward one.”
Of course, it isn’t the RULE that is “damn awkward”, but it is a “damned awkward” sentence. This is but one of many awkward sentences she uses to describe what “true believers” would say. THIS true believer would NEVER say “Don’t buy a car the engine of which is shot.” I could make the point
Report Post »clearly and concisely by saying, “Don’t buy a car if the engine is shot.” That doesn’t make the rule less valid, particularly in more formal settings.
sensibleadult
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:16pmThis is a situation up with which we shall not put !—– Winston Churchill
Report Post »beans bullets and bandaids
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:26pm@Mark Richman “Isn’t it bad grammar to end a sentence with a preposition?”
No, it’s not. This is a rule in Latin, but not in English. This is a grammar myth.
Winston Churchill said it best:
“This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I shall not put.”
But don’t take my word for it. Check out the Chicago Manual of Style.
You can begin sentences with “But” and “Because”, too! Be liberated!
Report Post »calijohn
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:46pmi think it depends where you’re at.
Report Post »OldWebGuy
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:45amIt is where I come from.
Report Post »inferno
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 6:37pmI went to public school. What’s a sentence ? Does the word perposition mean the same as propose ?
Report Post »It’s all so complicated !!!
Down2TheC
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:17pmProgressive movements and Dept of Ed has taken their toll. Find the kids and educate them. Nieces, nephews, god kid, grandkids, neighbor kids, whatever. It’s a major step to saving this nation. All other efforts are wasted if the next generation just slips back into the warm coddling arms of big Government.
Report Post »PalmSpringsPatriot
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:17pmOh, heavens…I believe that. But 4 in 4 can name the Top12 Finalists in American Idol.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:54pmIs that show still on?? I have not watched it since 2002…
Report Post »wuggly ump
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:06pmI can’t!
Report Post »JUNEBUG8
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:45pmI can’t. :)
Report Post »Hula Calhoun
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:55pmSpot on!
Report Post »thomas1946
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:31amwho? (who were the top f finalsits in american idol? and why should i care?) the old saw goes along the lines of. “if you do not learn from history you are doomed to repeat its mistakes.” BTW as far as grammatical mistakes? i can live with that but not a country full of morons who may elect the idjit in chief again.
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 11:54amNot accurate. I don’t watch TV and barely know what American Idol is.
Report Post »workinghard
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:16pmI know, we should pay our teachers a full year salary, only work 9 months and foot the bill for their benefits.
Report Post »obamanation
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:16pmLiberals are excellent teachers, aren’t they?! 25% of Americans are stupid… $20 are Liberals… Coincidence? I think not!
Report Post »restoretheusa
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:16pmyou are being too generous…Obama won the election by more than 25%
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:16pmOlder people, who have been away from school longer know more about their history than those who are fresh out of school????
Does this tell you a little bit about the progressive propaganda program that serves as education today??
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:16pmYour public school is showing.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:16pmon the Micheal Barry show ( Houston Texas ) right now ..“ charlie ” is complaining how conserveritives dont like teachers …..gee ..liberals just dont get it
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:15pm18 to 29 year olds – only 31% knew the correct year. Thank you modern-day Department of Education, you doing a bang up job there.
Report Post »Citizen7154
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:15pmThis, as ever, highlights the need for more civics and history education starting from an early age.
Report Post »I Hear the Wolves
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:14pmHa! This country is full of morons! Why do you think Barry made it into the Whitehouse?
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 5:15amSure; The powers that be do not want an educated population for that would make it difficult to pull off most of the crap they get away with now because of all the idiot morons that vote for them. I come in contact with people that are so stupid every day, it scares the crap out of me.
Report Post »iamthefree1
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:33pmSo true
Report Post »jttri
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:13pmAnother fine example of our liberal education system. Where we are more intrested in Gay Love and Gender Neutrality
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:12pm1 out of 4 need to be nuked, the rest of you stand way back and wear your tin foil, double layer.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:11pmThe other three in four Americans recognize the grammatical error in this headline.
Report Post »michaele6
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:28pmI did!
Report Post »sbynyc
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:31pmDidn’t they?
Report Post »Schteveo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:09pmIt SHOULD read:
“1 in 4 Americans Don’t Know From Which Country America Declared its Independence.”
The person that posted the “Nasty Mother-in-Law Story” was at work here also I expect! Bad grammar and bad stories go together in my mind.
Report Post »sensibleadult
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:12pmThis is a situation up with which we shall not put!
Report Post »Anniecat
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:47pmFROM WHICH headline? As long as we have such fine examples, I am confident I shall have a job as an English teacher.
Report Post »beket
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:03pm“Doesn’t,“ not ”don’t.” (Verb goes with 1, not 4.)
(Blaze, I’m available for proofreading. Will work cheap.)
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:17pmApparently at least one of us doesn’t know the difference between grammar and punctuation.
Report Post »goengo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:36pmI caught the grammatical error also. I went to a parochial school from K-5, and grammar was emphasized. We were taught to diagram sentences in 3rd grade. In public school, diagramming sentences was taught in 11th grade. I don’t know whether or not they even teach diagramming sentences now, but I know that it is the best method of learning grammar.
I’m curious to know: did you also go to a private school?
Report Post »TreeTrimmerJim
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:17pmDo you know why its considered a grammatical error?
Comes from the era when english was translated to latin. Apparently latin has a problem with that form of expression.
Report Post »Girard1974
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:08pmAre you talking about its ending with a preposition?
Report Post »Buzzie
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:41amDOESN’T, not DON”T. The subject 1 is singular.
Report Post »Batjak456
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:21pm1 IN 4 AMERICANS ‘DOESN’T’ KNOW (singular object)…
At least there’s no apostrophe in ITS…
And, by the way…how can you possibly stand ‘between’ three (or more) people?
You might be able to stand ‘among’ a group…but, how do you stand ‘between’ ‘em all?
But…DON’T get me started!!
BATJAK456
ALL GAVE SOME
Report Post »SOME GAVE ALL
sodacrackers2
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:38pmGood one!
Report Post »Debber
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 9:57pmGasp: 1 in 4 Americans Don’t Know Which Country America Declared its Independence From
Should say: Gasp! One in Four Americans Don’t Know From Which Country America Declared Its Independence
Much better….thanks for letting me get my red pen out!!!
Report Post »BlessYou
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:03pmNever end a sentence with a preposition!
Report Post »TreeTrimmerJim
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:13pmNot many people translating english to latin now days….
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:44pmHow true it is that the 4th branch of government is failing just as bad as the other three.
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:43pmMove “FROM” in front of “WHICH”
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:37amI can’t find the grammatical error in the headline…if you mean no apostrophe in ITS, you’re wrong.
Report Post »jaynesee
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 11:39amIt’s the word “don’t!”
Report Post »SWF ISO John Galt
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:01amPardon me, sir. . . I believe your participle is dangling.
Report Post »Ken2
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:09amOf which headline do you refer? Nicely played.
Report Post »MrJones
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:53am99 out 100 don‘t give a rat’s ass.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:48am@tifosa,
“The other three in four Americans recognize the grammatical error in this headline.”
Ya, that should read: “Gasp: 1 in 4 Americans Don’t Know From Which Country America Declared its Independence”
Report Post »GiGi80
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 8:05am@tifosa
Right — no doubt the “home-schooled” or those whose parents told them that public school sucks and that they don’t need to listen to their “librul, soshalist” teachers.
GiGi (an overpaid, underworked, socialist educator)
Report Post »slightlymperfect
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:25amThis is the sort of English up with which I will not put…
Actually, its not against the rules, look it up, hehe!
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:36amMaybe the Blaze folks went to gubment schools and that’s where they got educated from.
Report Post »jaynesee
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 11:37amAbsolutely – somebody else needs to take some English lessons!!!
Report Post »popcornpackers
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 10:23amSo true.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:11pmwell , isnt that just frigging great
Report Post »Voice_ofFreedom
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:11pmYou just have to give the lion’s share of the credit for this result to our wonderful public school system.
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:47amNo, the credit has to go to parents who trust this failing “educational” system to teach their children. If you are sending your kids to public school, it’s your job to make certain that their BS detectors are fully functional.
Report Post »‘Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying society’ Aristotle
NuffSaid
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:10pmI’s be surprised if 1-4 people were Americans, born or naturalized.
Report Post »jttri
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:14pm1-4 is illegal
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:17amGood One!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:21pmYou very well could be right. My husband and I laughed at your answer but it’s very possible.
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:47pmNice job Dept of Ed….these people will never know what they are missing once the consitution is gone. they’ll probably vote it away for Obama bucks
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:01am@nuffsaid. So true…
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:09pm.
Report Post »Not a surprise Union Teachers, edumacate so well……….
HoldingTheLineInTexas
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:07pmI kant evin spel edumicate…
Report Post »Buzzie
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 2:38amThis appalling ignorance is as much a problem of the dysfunctional family as it is of the dysfunctional school.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:07pmTypical liberal teaching
Report Post »Ghastlyone
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:17pmOnly a government funded, union controlled, public education system could produce that level of intellectual mediocrity.
Report Post »Baberaham Lincoln
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:19pmAnd strangely enough the most liberal areas of the US performed the best on this poll…
Report Post »Buttercup
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:38pmYes, but look at the age. The older the person the less likely they had unionized teachers.
Report Post »RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:19pmYea our public school system is really showing why the Dept of Ed should be disolved and at the very least, reform of study material, which may be coming since Texas will now be deciding what study books will be used.
Report Post »enemy of the statist
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:50pmFor kicks, they should have asked who the last winner of American Idol was. I would love to see the indirect correlation between those who know history and those feed their heads with only mush.
Report Post »moonfish
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:18pmYour education dollars at work… I pay more taxes on education than to any other element of the government. It goes blindly to “take care of our kids”. Look what happens when we trust our teachers (unionized… or others that can’t make it in the real world), are in control. They are a small but vocal minority… now is the time for real teachers (whom America loves) to step forward and declare BS on the radicals.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:39pmOoooooohhhh, ooooooohhhhh, Mr Kotter, I know that one. We declared our indepeendannce, from the French and Indians, we had a war with them I think and England helped us, that’s why we took the statue of liberty from them. Do I get an A?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:49pmIt “IS” the liberal ‘teaching’, but it is also the diffusion of our culture. The watering down, supported and encouraged by government at each and every level from local and state, to federal. They all insist that “no borders” is the way and retention of cultural beliefs, language and values is the method and they bend over backwards to regulate, legislate and obfuscate as they run interference in support of every one and everything EXCEPT American values.
Just what would you expect to happen? Keep in mind that conversations questioning these actions have resulted in America being persecuted from founders to ‘legal’ citizens. We are being victimized by our own government. And I don’t care if you believe it or not. The facts speak for themselves.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:04pmCategory not included:
Glenn Beck students = 100%
Report Post »goengo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:23pmExcellent point!
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:11pmThis is a totally useless survey. In this country we need out kids to know about alternative lifestyles, homosexuality and the European economic systems (e.g., taking from the rich to give to those who don’t want to work).
Report Post »I hope next time the surveyors ask a useful question on a classis book like My Two Daddies for some such.
Divineliberty
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:14pmIm actually surprised it is that high…I think it went up this year from last.
Report Post »yubba
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:35pmWhat Liberals do on the 4th of july
Report Post »1. walks around like an atheis on Christmas Day
2.prays for rain.
3. turns nieghbors in to the police for shooting off fireworks
4.Makes employees work the weekend while going out of town
5. steals sparklers from kids
6 Flies U.N. flag in front yard.
the hawk
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 8:51pmIF IT WAS’NT FOR HISTORY & SCIENCE i‘D OF HAD STRAIGHT d’S THROUGH OUT SCHOOL !
Report Post »STRAIGHT A’s history & science !
BlazingPatriot
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:12pm1 in 4 Americans Don’t Know Which Country America Declared its Independence From?
This is bad, but the following is far worse !!
1 in 4 children in the city of Detroit doesn’t know who their father is.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:35pmThe lesson? Get a four year college degree. If this poll is any indication, and I’m sure it says much to be honest, the lesson is that the college educated are more knowledgeable about American history, present company excluded.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:50pmAh the proof that a liberal progressive education makes people stupid.
Report Post »DaddyDave
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:17pmHow was the question asked? You can often influence a poll to have the results you want, by the way you pose the questions:
Who did we declare indipendence from in 1776:
Report Post »a) England
b) Great Britain
c) United Kingdom
d) Kingdom of Great Britain
ISRAELISOURFRIEND
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:13amWe’re they asking the ILLEGALS?
Report Post »rukiddinme59
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 3:42amQuite right but if this poll is accurate then that says an awful lot on how parents have dropped the ball. I have always gone out of my way to make sure my sons know MORE about EVERYTHING and especially areas that the school has willfully or simply neglected to do. I totally gave up on public school when my 22 year old was about 8. It’s up to all parents to really start stepping up and get involved with what their kids are being taught. I know modern life is hectic but we have to take the time and make sure they get the real education they need. My oldest (29) has a 2 1/2 year old daughter and I’ve already offered up to pay half the cost for private school. Public schools have become a total disaster for the most part. We need to evolve the way we teach them. Maybe something more home based half the week using computer technologies and then a couple days a week in a physical school to help mostly with social skills. That would drop the cost of education like a stone. Anyone have any other ideas?
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 6:26amSounds about right considering half of all people in America now are foreigners or illegals who could care less about our country.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 8:01amWe all have to make an effort to correct what has been taught! Start with your own family and then quiz your friends and family! Most can’t believe what you are saying and then go back to verify. It’s funny how many come back and say,” Did you know…”
Report Post »Jacque
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 8:38amAs a profesor of Psychology at a college in Tampa, it is totally the educators fault. The other day I overheard a history professor tell his students “ALL OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE CRIMINALS” THe marxists, communists and socials out to destroy are country are brainwashing your kids, be afraid very afraid to send them to college.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:11amIt is not the fault of liberals that many Americans don’t care about our history. America is not Cuba, yet.
We can still get books that correctly teach the history of America. The information is available it’s just that most people don’t give a damn.
Most Americans don’t understand just how fortunate we Americans are.
Report Post »HairOfTheDogSob
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 10:47amTHE GOSPEL OF JOHN, Ch 8..The Only True God, Jesus Said …”There are those who say they are of Judah, but are liars…”…folks those who live in America..are not necessarily …“Americans”…is yhay too difficult to understand?…these are your college graduates…and deserve no respect at all…I bet they can not define the word ..“respect” correctly either….98 per cent of black voters are simply idiots..!
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:03pmJust goes to show you the privately run schools would have better teachers.
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 1:34pmProgressive, to be exact. More proof that we are being “dumbed down”. Please read, “None Dare Call it Treason”. Chapter 5- education- it’s frightening, and enlightening.
Maybe we could all teach someone under 30 where our rights come from over the 4th Holiday. : )
Remember the old commercial for a feminine product(don’t remember what) but the just was- she tells someone, and then she tells someone, and then she tells someone. Tell someone!
@TIFOSA- Yup, agree! Blazers, from at the end of the title?
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 5:06pmAmerican history taught in American schools – a thing of the past. Exception – our local school system has not been ruined by lib/progressive educ, er indoctrinition …..yet.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 9:58pmVery scary and sad.
Report Post »AmericanFamilyMan
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 11:25amFunny that 25% is around the number of Liberals running America into the ground. Wake up America!! We are the majority now, but when we hit rock bottom and people have to decide to pick themselves up or get on the government system that # is going to change. Educate your kids and families now!!
Report Post »thecrow
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 11:33amhttp://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/land-of-the-free-home-of-the-brave/
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