Bush Visits the Let Freedom Ring Festival. People in the audience wave flags as former President George W. Bush addresses a Fourth of July crowd at the Let Freedom Ring 2009 festival at Crystal Beach Park Arena in Woodward, Okla., Saturday, July 4, 2009. ( AP ) A rural Oklahoma town greeted George W. Bush today with thunderous applause. Bush was given 6 standing ovations as he spoke on Independence Day in a remodeled rodeo arena. The New York Times reported, via Free Republic : Former President George W. Bush spoke amid thunderous applause in a rural Oklahoma town to celebrate the Fourth of July, calling the U.S. the ”greatest nation on the face of the earth.” Bush was given six standing ovations as he spoke... [read full story]
