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Note: we are republishing this story, which originally made the news in June 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

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While Victor Fiorillo went out for a drink at night, he decided to go to the Old Philadelphia Bar in the City of Brotherly Love. He wanted a beer and some good company, but when he saw the sign etched on the window, it gave him pause. Nevertheless, he went inside and voted with his dollars by buying a beer, and that\u2019s when a man spoke up so the whole bar could hear him.<\/p>\n

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The man was walking over to the jukebox. But before he put the coin into the machine to get music on the speakers, he declared that he was a former firefighter and that he was a Mexican. Then he laughed and said that the last part was \u201cjust a joke.\u201d He then paid for the music and picked the 1984 song by Lee Greenwood, \u201cGod Bless the USA.\u201d As the song started up and the chorus roared through the bar\u2019s speakers, every patron in the place started to sing along.<\/p>\n

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Interior of the \u2018Old Philly\u2019 Bar, Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em>Philly Mag<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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And I\u2019m proud to be an American<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: we are republishing this story, which originally made the news in June 2018. While Victor Fiorillo went out for a drink at night, he decided to go to the Old Philadelphia Bar in the City of Brotherly Love. He wanted a beer and some good company, but when he saw the sign etched on…<\/p>\n

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