Citations:born on the Fourth of July

English citations of born on the Fourth of July

• 1904 October, George M. Cohan (lyrics and music), “The Yankee Doodle Boy”, in Little Johnny Jones:

  I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Yankee Doodle, do or die; A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, Born on the Fourth of July.

• 1977, Ron Kovic, Born on the Fourth of July, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 177–178:

  I bet none of you fought in the war and you guys are trying to throw me out of the convention. I've got just as much right to be up front here as any of these delegates. I fought for that right and I was born on the Fourth of July.

• 2006, Andrew Klavan, Damnation Street, Orlando: Harcourt, →ISBN, page 70:

  And Weiss, back when he was a cop, let you off with a beating, right? 'Cause you've got all those medals, and everyone knows Weiss is Mr. Born on the Fourth of July and all that shit.