Independence Day

Happy Independence Day to everybody. Please note I’m wishing you a happy “Independence Day” and not a happy “4th of July”. Despite what you’ve become accustomed to, the holiday is not officially called “The 4th of July”. Sure it happens to falls on the 4th day of July but on New Years’ Day do you wish everybody “Happy January 1st”, or “Happy December 25th” on Christmas? Of course not. Unlike Memorial Day and Labor Day which have been dumbed down to the point where most American’s don’t even know why they have off from work, I do believe that most people understand that “The 4th of July” is to celebrate our independence from England and establishing a new country. It’s just always bugged me how the most important holiday to our nation is better known by it’s coincidental calendar marking than for the reason we celebrate it.

Trivia: Technically the 4th of July isn’t even America’s birthday anyway. The Declaration of Independence was written on July 3rd, approved on July 4th, but was not officially signed until August 2, 1776. All the more reason to celebrate the act and not the date on the calendar.

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