4th of July

Our founding fathers on this day declared that we are free,
I'm truly thankful that they did, to the future it was key,
they were hot, I'm sure they were with all the clothes they wore,
they had no way to keep it cool, no air conditioned store,
no fan in the window, no ice in a glass,
they did the work they had to do--
now that's what I'd call class!!!                      
Happy Independence Day!!!!2012

Happy Birthday USA!
Red, white, and blue
We’ll wear today,
There are parades,
There’s fireworks too,
Grill, shop, swim,
Whate’re you do,
You do it here,
Where we are free,
There’s no place else,
I’d rather be.
2018

July 4th is:

Hot and sticky, this year we’re having record breaking heat to begin the month of July. July is, in my opinion, the hottest month of the summer. The days are long and the sun is at its strongest.

A good day to listen to Sousa marches. My mother used to bring a cassette tape player outside and play her John Philip Sousa tapes. They’re songs featuring brass instruments playing parade music.  I can always picture a marching band parading down Main Street when I hear them.

A day for macaroni and potato salad alongside burgers & hot dogs cooked on the grill in the backyard. Later, at dusk when the coals were still warm we used to run and get sticks for my dad to whittle into points for roasting marshmallows over the still warm coals. With sticky fingers we then had sparklers which were fun to draw shapes with in the air.

A perfect day to sip homemade iced tea and lemonade after a game of tag or frisbee.

A day to celebrate that we are free to practice any religion or no religion, as we each choose for ourselves, that we have free press who can write any criticism they care to of our elected officials without fear of punishment, that we can move freely across our country, and that we can, despite differing opinions still come together and work for common goals.