Born on the 4th of July!

[E.R. Villalobos]

This morning I looked at the label of my new-to-me Pomeroy A5 and lo and behold-
she was born on the 4th of July!
I’m early on this mandolin road and its amazing what a fine instrument can do for your soul.

[Ranald]

And a Happy Independence Day to American friends.

[mandroid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8wxb-wwQnA&t=3s

[Chris Gray]

This morning I looked at the label of my new-to-me Pomeroy A5 and lo and behold-
she was born on the 4th of July!
I’m early on this mandolin road and its amazing what a fine instrument can do for your soul.

Hi Gene! That was my Pomeroy! I traded it (plus cash) for my Red Diamond A-5 in February. It's a great sounding mandolin. Neck was a little thick for me....that was my only complaint.

[ColdBeerGoCubs]

Awesome, enjoy that thing.

[E.R. Villalobos]

Hi Gene! That was my Pomeroy! I traded it (plus cash) for my Red Diamond A-5 in February. It's a great sounding mandolin. Neck was a little thick for me....that was my only complaint.

Hi Chris- Thanks for the info! I thought someone would step forward and say- hey, that was my mandolin! I’m a newer player and I’m really enjoying it. I call it “Pops” after Louis Armstrong, who claimed he was born on July 4 1900.

[allenhopkins]

The line "born on the Fourth of July" is usually quoted from I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy by George M. Cohan.

However, despite his claim, Cohan was born July 3, 1876, one day before the American centennial. Which wouldn't have made as good a song lyric.

Stephen Foster, however, was born July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, or the "semi-centennial." Two presidents who signed the Declaration, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on that date.