4th July 2009
What are your plans for the USA 4th July 2009 celebrations?
That is a good trade. LDS_forever is making a US flag meal of which I hope to get pictures up on the day, but like you it will be a normal work day for me as well because I am not a US citizen . However, Felipe never ceases to remind us otherwise with him.
Glenn Beck Message
Here it is, another Fourth of July. Traditionally, this is a day to gather with friends, maybe fire up the barbeque and play with kids until the sun sets and the fireworks start. But in thinking back on the meaning behind this day, we must never forget that our nation was baptized in the blaze of a very different kind of "fireworks." Yes, this is a day of rest and relaxation, as well it should be, but this year"¦I'd like to ask you a favor. At some point during the day, I hope you'll take time to think and reflect on what it is we're truly celebrating on the 4th of July -- our Independence Day. Of course the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776 but it's so much more than that. On this day, 233 short years ago, a small group of men dedicated themselves to a higher purpose, an ideal they believed in so greatly, they signed their name to its expression and in doing so put their very lives at risk. Ref. Source 2
Happy 4th July everyone! I will be having some friends over. Play some games, grill some dogs and just hang you know.
This Fourth Of July Is Yours, Not Mine
By Frederick Douglass
Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. If I do forget, if I do not remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!" Ref. Source 3