Subject: Happy Independence Day, American PPCers!
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Posted on: 2015-07-04 15:03:00 UTC
As the title says! Enjoy your fireworks and bald eagles, guys!
And while I'm at it, here's a fun piece of trivia I found on Tumblr: Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, was born on Thursday, July 4, 1918. Coincidence? Doubt it...
I love explosions! Hey, is MISTER TORGUE hiring?
Have an earwormy song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i574Em3IrI
I totally meant to write a fanfic for Steve's birthday arrgh I mean, please enjoy your fireworks SAFELY. Holidays shouldn't include people losing digits or getting burned, OK? OK.
With that being said. YAY! We're actually somewhat awesome despite what the news implies! (I compare our country to a well-meaning but kind of dumb teenager.)
Americans celebrate Independence Day because it was when they were rid of the British.
Brits celebrate Independence Day because it was when they were rid of the Americans. =]
But I will still down a glass of whisky cream to your health! Have my fireworks, America! :D
But I think we're on good terms with her now that we're grown. :)
Though, as a pedantic historian, I feel I should point out the founders actually signed the thing on the second of July. It frustrated John Adams to no end when people started celebrating on the fourth.
I'm just hoping no one tries to shoot their own fireworks today. A town shortly north of this had a destructive fire in a residential area, and the whole county is so dry it'll go up like tinder for a spark.
Other pedantic historian here!
No, the Declaration of Independence was not signed on July the second. It was ratified by Congress on July 4th, and thereafter accounts differ: either delegates present at the time signed it on that date, and others signed on the second of August; or one or none signed in July, and the official signed copy was ordered (maybe) in late July and signed in August.
July the second was when the states voted for independence - that is why Adams thought that it should become the national holiday.
(See Wikipedia for sources; I can't check book sources myself, and it's possible Wikipedia is completely wrong, though I find it's usually reliable for historical events.)
It's just a regular day here.
(Israel's independence day is 5 Iyar, which, thanks to the Jewish calender being a lunar one, 'moves around' — this year it was April 23rd.)