No, I’m not jumping on the lefty bandwagon decrying fireworks as a display of hubris and imperialism. I’m talking about a couple of videos so stirring that they might very well substitute for fireworks in celebration of Independence Day.

First up, courtesy of The Patriot Room, a group of 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds singing Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA:

And this, courtesy of Booker Rising, Ray Charles’s rendition of America the Beautiful: