4TH OF JULY 2006: GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS

In my youth, I marched six times with the Sheriffs’ Boys’ Band in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. I confess. I still love a parade! This year marks my fourth time in the Anchorage Fourth of July Parade, as Chair of the House Special Committee on Military and Veterans’ Affairs, and an Air Force retiree. I get to ride in a sexy sports car(unfortunately, not mine), play the Air Force Song on the car radio at top volume for all to hear, and ham it up waving at folks along the parade route. The photos show me with this year’s parade car (A Chrysler Crossfire), and surrounded by guards from the Starship Enterprise (I think that’s who they are, but ‘twas afraid to ask).

Two-hundred thirty years ago, our brave Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Today, our brave troops preserve that independence. God Bless our troops!