250 years ago a group of fishermen, hunters and farmers created a secret weapon to defeat the British. Some of the volunteers would be unarmed musicians marching into the center of battle playing “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” The worse the battle got the happier they would play even when wounded. The good cheer from the music created high morale and inspired the good deeds of fighting courageously. Out gunned, out numbered an all volunteer force fighting with hunting weapons, small fishing boats and farm tools regularly defeated a vastly superior enemy by sharing the good cheer of “The American Spirit.” To this day, “Yankee Doodle Dandy” is the number 1 song played in fife and drum competitions.
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July 4, 2025 President Trump declares the beginning of a year long “Great American State Fair,” for our 250th Birthday.
A public ledger for volunteers is called a “Loony Coupon.” It changes good cheer and good deeds in points called loonies (short for Dubloons). A loony coupon has a button that says “Share Good Cheer.” If you like what the volunteer did, press the button and loonies go from your account into the volunteers account. You both get a score measured in “loony booty.” Biggest booty wins!
The British called the continental army “scurvy dog pirates.” Philadelphia Pennsylvania had a notorious PIRATE DIVE BAR called the “Tun Tavern.”
Out gunned, out manned, in small ships eating rotten food, suffering heavy losses, without these scurvy dog pirates, now called the marines, we may have never won our battle for freedom against the British. The musicians that marched into battle playing “Yankee Doodle Dandy” became our countries first rock stars.
George Washington commanded an all volunteer army to fight for freedom. A public ledger kept track of the good cheer and good deeds of every person. We do the same for our “President For A Day” contest.
The Marines have a bulldog mascot named Chesty. Since only scurvy dogs are allowed in the pirate dive bar, adopt and train a “scurvy dog” then send them in. You may see other dogs at the fair such as carnival barkers trying to grab your booty or working dogs keeping you safe. You could see Mermaids at the Petting Zoo serving food and drink. Sharks can be found all around. During the “President For A Day” contest, if a bribed judge finds you innocent, you walk the plank or go down the escalator if you are guilty. There are lots of ways to create good cheer that inspire good deeds inside the Pirate Dive Bar and all of it is with real people and not on your phone.
A “Knotty Nauti Photo Contest” will test your freedom of speech and good cheer while teaching you basic sailing knots. Tell everyone you post knotty nauti pictures, “would they like to see them?” The Karaoke Challenge Game will challenge you to be a rock star of sea shanties, patriotic songs and dancing pirate jigs. Treasure maps are as small as QR codes. Pirate trivia will test your sea skills. Pirate School will teach you how to become part of military styled precision boat parades. You will know your start time, safety procedures, position in a squad, squad in a group and group in a parade. Each boat becomes an interactive live streamed carnival booth while in the parade. During the TV broadcast of the boat parade, just like a float in a Christmas parade, each boat competes “live” to broadcast 10 seconds of 250th birthday fun. The winners will be featured as comedy bumpers, during the main broadcast of the TV series called “Special Heroes.” Without Pirate School you don’t have a boat parade, you have an unorganized tidal wave of boats.
Special Heroes are patriotic pirates born with the special powers of Down syndrome, autism, spina bifida or who have other special powers. Our patriotic mission is to turn Special Heroes into Super Heroes!
Over a dozen volunteer missions train anyone to be cast and crew and create B roll for the comedy bumpers of this TV series. Instead of a house, car or food being fixed up, in each episode a gang of scurvy dog pirates turns a Special Hero into a Super Hero by solving quality of life issues for employment, education, housing and the most important thing, the pursuit of happiness.
This is a volunteer site for a 501 C 3 nonprofit called the “Atlanta Volunteers.” The continental army was a volunteer army. Why did they volunteer?