Has anyone ever noticed that July 4th is about as bastardized as Christmas? We turned a meaningful holiday into a celebration of fireworks and beer. Is that really what our independence is about? We should be going around exercising our right to free speech, carrying firearms, and kicking military personnel out of our homes. We should visit the representation that justifies our taxation, or, failing that, we should be throwing boxes of tea into the nearest ocean, lake or water-containing place. We should be playing piccolos and snare drums and marching with three-cornered hats. Most importantly, though, we should watch 1776, the most moving presentation of the dreams of our founding fathers (in musical form).
Here's to you Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Cesar Rodney, and so on. Without you, we'd be slightly more likely to have British accents. Cheers.
1 comment:
my mom always brings the iced tea to bbqs. she's a revolutionary I tell ya.
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