 States of America. Please welcome Mr. Larry Kenter, President of the Bernie Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Everyone, especially our wounded warriors are here today. The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution is a patriotic organization formed in 1889 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1906. The Sons of the American Revolution, better known as the SAR, has more than 30,000 living members from all 50 states and 23 foreign countries. Throughout its 122-year history, the SAR has admitted over 160,000 members. Among those admitted are 16 presidents of the United States, including George W. and George H. W. Bush, Dwight David Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman, and Theodore Roosevelt. The SAR also has among its members Sir Winston Churchill and King Juan Carlos I of Spain, both who trains their ancestry to the Revolutionary War Patriots. The mission of the SAR is to promote patriotism and reaffirm those values on which our country was established. SAR constantly seeks ways to be the foremost repository of Revolutionary War documents and artifacts at our Louisville, Kentucky headquarters. Today, more than ever, we must preserve and sharpen the nation's memory of the American Revolution and the freedoms our patriot ancestors gave us. As we celebrate America's independence, we also honor those in uniform who are continuing to fight for the freedoms we have enjoyed these past 235 years. We publicly pay tribute to our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and guardsmen who, along with their families, are making significant sacrifices in the war on terror. We ask God to bless all of those who are preserving our nation's security and the personal freedoms that we have, all too often taken for granted. Now, let us remember the 13 colonies that founded our great country, Connecticut, the Constitution State, Delaware, the First State, Georgia, the Peach State, Maryland, the Old Island State, Massachusetts, the Bay State, New Hampshire, the Granite State, New Jersey, the Garden State, New York, the Empire State, North Carolina, the Tar Hill State, Pennsylvania, the Keystone State, Rhode Island, the Ocean State, South Carolina, the Palmetto State, and Virginia, the Old Dominion State. Thank you for your attention. Thank you to the sons of the American Revolution. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now commence the Canon Salute by the Fort San Houston Army Support Activity Salute Battery. Members are Staff Sergeant David Bustos, Non-Commissioned Officer of the Canon Salute Battery. Counter and Spotters are Sergeant Humphrey and Sergeant Applin. Loaders and Fires are Specialist Kirkley, Specialist Jenkins, Specialist Garcia, Specialist Hernandez, Specialist Olmsted, Specialist Pettis, Specialist Hall, Sergeant Gaston-Gway, Specialist Roses, Specialist Sparks, Specialist Murphy and Sergeant Cabales. One Canon Salute will be fired for each state. I will announce each state according to the date it joined the Union. Delaware, December 7th, 1787. Pennsylvania, December 12th, 1787. Jersey, December 18th, 1787. Georgia, January 2nd, 1788. Connecticut, January 9th, 1788. Massachusetts, February 6th, 1788. Maryland, April 28th, 1788. South Carolina, May 23rd, 1788. New Hampshire, June 21st, 1788. Virginia, June 25th, 1788. New York, July 26th, 1788. North Carolina, November 21st, 1789. Rhode Island, May 29th, 1790. Vermont, March 4th, 1791. Kentucky, June 1st, 1792. Tennessee, June 1st, 1796. Ohio, March 1st, 1803. Louisiana, April 30th, 1812. Indiana, December 11th, 1816. Mississippi, December 10th, 1817. Illinois, December 3rd, 1818. Alabama, December 14th, 1819. Maine, March 19th, 1820. Missouri, August 10th, 1821. Arkansas, June 15th, 1836. Michigan, January 26th, 1837. Florida, March 3rd, 1845. Texas, December 29th, December 28th, 1846. Wisconsin, May 29th, 1848. California, September 9th, 1850. Minnesota, May 11th, 1858. Oregon, February 14th, 1859. Kansas, January 29th, 1861. West Virginia, June 20th, 1863. Nevada, October 31st, 1864. Nebraska, March 1st, 1867. Colorado, August 1st, 1876. North Dakota, November 2nd, 1889. South Dakota, November 2nd, 1889. Montana, November 8th, 1889. Washington, November 11th, 1889. Idaho, July 3rd, 1890. Wyoming, July 10th, 1890. Utah, January 4th, 1896. Oklahoma, November 16th, 1907. New Mexico, January 6th, 1912. Arizona, February 14th, 1912. Alaska, January 3rd, 1959. And Hawaii, August 21st, 1959. Storm clouds gather far across the sea. Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free. Let us all be grateful for a land so fair as we raise our voices.