Vintage 4th of July Greeting Card with Eagle & Firecracker

The first thing a modern viewer notices is the bald eagle actively lighting a firecracker fuse with its own beak while perched directly atop the massive red cylinder — which is exactly the energy Bunnell (whoever that unhinged genius was) apparently decided represented the most patriotic Fourth of July greeting imaginable. The eagle's wings spread wide, its talons gripping the explosive with genuine conviction, radiating the energy of someone who has committed fully to a decision they cannot take back. Blue smoke curls dramatically into the air as a ring of small stars frames this tableau of imminent avian self-destruction, because when you think 'THE KING OF THE DAY,' you naturally think of the national symbol casually igniting its own explosive throne.