You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~Erma Bombeck
~that the liberty bell cracked on the first ring
~that both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4th
~that flying a flag upside down is a sign of distress or harm befalling you or your
possessions
~that we have about 150 millions cook-outs on July 4th
~that Benjamin Franklin wanted a turkey for our national seal
~that Independence Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776
~that Independence Day was declared a legal holiday in 1941
~that Independence Day was not celebrated in Vicksburg until 1945, because it was the
day that Vicksburg fell during the Civil War
~the the Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892, but "under God" was not added until
1954 (a really great addition, wasn't it?)