Bonne fête du Canada - Happy Canada Day!

Good wishes to all my Canadian truckbuddies. Check the live feed of festivities across the country on CBC, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern Time here.

Canoe medallist Mark Oldershaw, named today as Canada's flagbearer for the Pan-American Games, to be held in Toronto beginning July 10.

OBAMANATION!

The 21st century began today.

And America was reborn.

Thanks be to God.

Aretha sang at Martin Luther King's funeral;

and today at President Obama's inauguration.

What a journey for her, and for America.

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!

Our father's God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Let freedom ring!

How Texas Celebrated

Victory night, November 4, 2008, Fort Worth:



Austin: