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Forth of July? Are those the ones with striped red and white petals?

I had a very beautiful antique rose bush where we used to live, it was a flat rose flower with a bright yellow center, and red and white striped petals. I never knew the name (bought it from a roadside stand as a cutting) but brought them to work, and some people who saw them said it was "Fourth of July." The flowers had a good rose smell, it had plenty of thorns, and was very hardy after it got going.

We moved in January a year ago, and during all the excitement, I forgot to get my cutting. The people who bought our old place cut it down--they didn't like roses--they took out my gardens, etc. Oh well. It's their place now.

Hi, yes thats the 4th of July rose. I have a story behind my rose bush too. I was never supposed to be able to get pregnant after I had been on this medicine . I did and I have my wonderful daughter now 7 yrs old. ( I have older children too) My new husband was so happy & then we found out I was pregnant again. I fell and lost the baby. It was early on so it wasn't as hard as it could have been. I just was so sad that he sent me out one day & when I came home he planted a rose garden for the me & the lost baby. The forth of July rose was the special one in honor of the baby planted over a trellis, we have over a little angel under. The 4th of July is the hardiest and favorite of ours. It just keeps going strong and is so pretty with its stripes. It grew where I never thought it would and it sure is a hardy rose where I live in NJ. ~P~