GOD BLESS AMERICA
YANKEE DOODLE DAYS
Published Write On, Great South Bay
Published Write On, Great South Bay
Yankee Doodle’s lyrical score
A patriotic song of war
The Spirit of ‘76
Our history depicts
Remember a time when
Walked patriot militiamen
It was the Revolutionary War
Our battlefields soared
General George Washington
Rallied every mother’s son
Regiments and privateers
For the war staged here
This land’s first
Patriots’ infantry
Fought for our liberty
Every American’s expense
For War of Independence
With their sacrifice
They paid the price
Because of the ways
Of Yankee Doodle days
We can now say
Happy Independence Day!
Susan Marie Davniero
| My Postcard Jones Beach 1967 |
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| Laura and Susan Mike's Store donated American Flags Northport VA Nursing Home |
Voice of the People for June 14, 2013
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Fly the Stars and Stripes proudly, on Flag Day and every day.
Flag Day is one of those times for saluting the American flag. Let us remember that the flag was born June 14, 1777, when Betsy Ross got the country all sewed up. A blush of color fills the sky when our flag flies. Our flag stands guards over America — waving a sign of freedom for all the people. Salute the American flag made in the U.S.A.
Susan and Robert Davniero
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
The Sgt John Sardiello Post # 1634 is hosting their annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony Monday May 27, 2013.
The parade starts at Arnold Avenue and Route 109 in West Babylon at 9:30 a.m. The parade will commence at 10 a.m. and proceed to the American Legion Post # 1634, located at 10 Bruce Street.
THIS JULY 4th HOLIDAY
Published Poet's Art
The July 4th occasion
Give rise to the nation
From land to shining sea
Freedom is not free
1776 Bloodshed train
To our freedoms gain
The war of turbulence
Battle of Independence
War’s end draws
Lend patriots cause
Battles are done
Freedom was won
Take a moment to reflect
Never shall we forget
True meaning of the day
This July 4th Holiday
Susan Marie Davniero
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Published The Poets Art
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My Yankee Doodle Days
At Jones Beach
by Susan Marie Davniero
At Jones Beach
by Susan Marie Davniero
Published Pancakes in Heaven
I’ve gone back to the summer when I was six, through the winds of time, a snapshot to another 4th of July, Independence Day, celebrating at Jones Beach. For this trip I don’t need a car or bus to revisit another time, my memories will take me there, to travel through time alone.
Suddenly I’m a little girl again getting ready to go to the beach with my family. I’m wearing my pink skirted bathing suit, with the pink flowers across the hem. Dad is loading up the station wagon with the packed lunch of sausage/peppers heroes. My sisters and I will be eating the same heroes as the grown-ups. Dad calls out to gather the family into the car we begin the drive to Jones Beach.
The sun is shining on us on Wantagh Parkway reaching the Jones Beach tower, as Mom points the parking lot we need to Dad for salt water beach. For the 4th of July my cousins Paulie and Elaine meet us there with Aunt Renee and Uncle Paul driving the now defunct outdated Edsel. We all meet up in Parking Lot 7.
I can still feel those oversize flip flops flapping on the stoned pavement as we head to the beach. I can see a vision of white sand in the distance. The sand is hot as it falls between my toes. Mom picks out a spot and spreads the blanket with the picnic basket.
Everyone around me on the beach seems to be having a good time. I can see their mouths moving, they are laughing but I can’t understand what they’re saying.
Yet it was on 4th of July that I first found my patriotism. It became apparent to one lookers that us kids all watched the rerun movie, Yankee Doodle Dandy on TV, when my sisters, Laura and Teresa, and I with Paulie and Elaine, would sing and dance in step to the song, “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” parading on the boardwalk as onlookers stroll by. We sang out “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy born on the 4th of July…” and believed we were.
We tried our best to paraphrase and mimic George M. Cohan’s movie rendition we’ve seen often rerun on television. The movie, “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” remains one of my favorites. I like to think that the 4th of July at Jones Beach was my “Boardwalk Opening.”
Dad pleaded and urged Mom to stay for dust when the sun will set and the fireworks will begin. Mom gave in and we join the crowd gathering on the beach. I could barely see above the adults. The sky was all aglow with the brilliant show of colors of the fireworks that seem to shout out – red, gold, blues, and sparklingly whites lighting up the darkness.
I struggled to see amongst the crowd until when Dad would pick me up on his broad shoulders for a better view. The noise of the gun powder shooting off hurts my ears. We all stared in awe of the fireworks display waving our sparklers and flags in celebration of America’s birthday.
It’s the grand finale as all the fireworks are interplayed in interaction with each other – the noise, the colors and the smoke all create dramatic glowing flame like candles for a birthday cake on behalf of America. I was proud to be an American. Happy Birthday America!
That was then; this is now…as my patriotism today can be passed back to when it was taught to me early on, instilled in me by my Italian-American patriotic parents, (from the WWII generation.) My pink bathing suit has faded and may no longer fit…yet, the red, white and blue colors are still vivid and patriotism will always fit. I was raised in the way that patriotism would travel well thru the years.
I may have left the waves, shells and sand at the beach on my childhood 4th of July holiday, yet I took enough of the patriotism I found at the beach home with me to last a lifetime.
Those were my Yankee Doodle Days.
By Susan Marie Davniero
As written in Pancakes in Heaven magazine:
“Dear Editor: The July issue arrived already – it’s great! “4th
of July at Jones Beach” by Susan Marie
Davniero was a wonderful story. I praise God for families like that! I
totally agree with her.”
Signed Janet, Pittsburgh PA
In the wake of July 4th I visited the Declaration of Independence to find America’s roots, as my husband, Bob and I discussed the origination of “We the People…”
We had an awakening to learn the words most quoted “We the People of the U.S…in order to form a more perfect Union…” etc. was not written in 1776 yet it was written 1787 as a Preamble to the United States Constitution, 11 years after John Hancock’s 1776 original.
The original 1776 John Hancock was consumed with Independence from England King Monarchy Reign.
Apparently, like the Liberty Bell tolls for Thee…"we the people..." took liberty with our history.
Susan and Robert Davniero
It was the Fourth of July
Looking back for a while
Family holiday at Jones Beach
Childhood’s memories within reach
July 4th on the past calendar page
Debuting on the boardwalk stage
Dance of my sisters and I parading
Yankee Doodle Dandy song serenading
Taking patriotism all the way home
No matter wherever I roam
My Yankee Doodle Days preach
Don’t leave patriotism at the beach
Susan Marie Davniero
July 4, 1776 – Declaration of
Independence
This is a little know fact on the July 4, 1776 Declaration of
Independence
In the wake of July 4th I visited the Declaration of Independence to find America’s roots, as my husband, Bob and I discussed the origination of “We the People…”
We had an awakening to learn the words most quoted “We the People of the U.S…in order to form a more perfect Union…” etc. was not written in 1776 yet it was written 1787 as a Preamble to the United States Constitution, 11 years after John Hancock’s 1776 original.
The original 1776 John Hancock was consumed with Independence from England King Monarchy Reign.
Apparently, like the Liberty Bell tolls for Thee…"we the people..." took liberty with our history.
Susan and Robert Davniero
| Susan's Drawing |
YANKEE DOODLE DAYS AT JONES BEACH
By Susan Marie Davniero
(Published Great South Bay Magazine)
(Published Great South Bay Magazine)
It was the Fourth of July
Looking back for a while
Family holiday at Jones Beach
Childhood’s memories within reach
July 4th on the past calendar page
Debuting on the boardwalk stage
Dance of my sisters and I parading
Yankee Doodle Dandy song serenading
Taking patriotism all the way home
No matter wherever I roam
My Yankee Doodle Days preach
Don’t leave patriotism at the beach
Susan Marie Davniero
USA TODAY
Published May 26, 2016
Memorial Day - Remember the fallen heroes
Letter to the Editor:
Let us all honor
Memorial Day - a day to remember the service men and women who made the
ultimate sacrifice, giving their life for this country. The real heroes are the
ones who didn’t come back.
The holiday
originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the soldiers who
died in that conflict, and later it was extended to honor all Americans who
died while in military service.
As the holiday
typically marks the start of the summer season, pause and take a moment during
the day to remember the real meaning of the holiday. When you wave that
American flag at your Memorial Day parade, remember why you have freedom today.
Freedom is not free.
Susan and Robert
Davniero
| Bob and Susan Memorial Day |
Published Great South Bay Magazine
This July 4th Holiday by Susan Marie Davniero
This July 4th Holiday by Susan Marie Davniero
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The July 4th occasion
Give rise to the nation
From land to shining sea
Freedom is not free
1776 Bloodshed train
To our freedoms gain
The war of turbulence
Battle of Independence
War’s end draws
Lend patriots cause
Battles are done
Freedom was won
Take a moment to reflect
Never shall we forget
True meaning of the day
This July 4th Holiday
by Susan Marie Davniero |
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