what a great symbol of a fight for freedom. perhaps not the fight for freedom in 1776 but in 1836. that was the 78 army band performing america the beautiful from the alamo, where texas fought for their independence several decades after the united states of america established our independence. happy fourth of july, welcome to fox & friends. lawrence jones, rachel campos duffy right here in fox square in new york city. good morning to both of you. these two are fist pumping about this coming from the alamo. i saw it was in san antonio, texas, but i didn t get it was the alamo. i would ve changed my pin on will do it later on. rachel: first of all look at our beautiful background here. thank just a great way to bring in the fourth of july for all of you. we had a great weekend at west point. and here we are and where joined by you, lawrence. lawrence: thank you for having me. it is beautiful because there is often so many things we can criticize with going o
rachel: i love that. you just turn the 78 army bed performing america the beautiful their post editorial board highlighting the meaning behind it was a poet before it was a song written by catherine bates. oh beautiful i want to read it, right? oh beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountains majesty above the fruit planes, america, america, because it sheds his only and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. beautiful. it was a poem before it became this beautiful song. reduce of the gilbert students can hear and i think transports you to celebrate the meaning of this great country b that s what i hope we can spin this morning together with you doing. going to have a great show.
what a great symbol of a fight for freedom. perhaps not the fight for freedom in 1776 but in 1836. that was the 78 army band performing america the beautiful from the alamo, where texas fought for their independence several decades after the united states of america established our independence. happy fourth of july, welcome to fox & friends. lawrence jones, rachel campos duffy right here in fox square in new york city. good morning to both of you.