Not in My Book: Happy 4th of July!

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

4 years of war and we're still celebrating our country with explosions.

Anonymous said...: "I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival... it ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games; sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other..."

-John Adams, in a letter to his wife, Abigail, on celebrating Independence Day; 12:45 AM
Anonymous said...: I think its time we stopped celebrating our liberation from England.

Is it me or are fireworks just played out? I find them really...booooooooriiing.; 7:57 AM
Anonymous said...: I like celebrating the 4th!
It is a good time to bring all of the different folks from lands that make up this crazy country!

I rode my bike to Astoria Park [for NO view of the fireworks, FYI], where it was a lot of fun to hear the different languages of a variety of folks as they settled in trying to get a good spot to see the colors in the sky.
I must say, the giggle of childern as they run to see the fireworks, needs no translation!
:); 10:22 AM
Brian Kunath said...: I saw a lot of fireworks from BK the other day, but there was a conspicuous lack of the pomp that John Adams had hoped for.

Where has all the pomp gone? I want pomp! You just don't see it anymore. Perhaps it was a victim of circumstance.

And that's my corny joke for the day!; 5:10 PM

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