Listening Post: Brought Fourth

Fireworks. Archive Photo of the Day: Carol Kepes, Saranac Lake NY.

Fireworks. Archive Photo of the Day: Carol Kepes, Saranac Lake NY.

Apple pie. Bunting. Coppertone. Declaration. E pluribus unum. Fireflies. George III. Hot dog. Iced Tea. Jefferson. Kabob. Last gleaming. Marching band. Nation. Oh, say can you see? Potato salad. Quill. Roman candle. Swimming hole. Truths to be self-evident. Unalienable. Vacation. Waves of grain. X? (Got xilch). Yankee Doodle. Zeal.

Suggest any abecedarian alternatives to the above items the Fourth brings forth in you in a comment below. Xtra kudos for any “X” suggestions. Have a happy Independence Day.

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7 Comments on “Listening Post: Brought Fourth”

  1. Hank says:

    “Knee high”

  2. alan snedeker says:

    “Ahhs” (fireworks) for apple pie ….”Booms” for bunting, “Finale” for fireflies, Xylophone

  3. Bob Falesch says:

    abecedarian — had to look up that one :–)

    “manifest destiny”
    eX – American Indians
    conquest
    “American exceptionalism”
    de Tocqueville
    Eye of Providence (~~$1.00)

  4. Joseph S says:

    Song “4th of July” from X’s album “See How We Are”

  5. Byron Whitney says:

    Xtra! Xtra! Read all about it! Xylophone Stars and Stripes.

  6. Joseph S says:

    Considering a darker side of patriotism: sometimes jingoism can be the effect of, or result in, xenophobia.

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