Comments on: Let’s Not Celebrate July 4th

By: Jack_Savage

Jack_Savage — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:15:27 +0000

Not to Barack Obama.

That’s why I oppose him, and that’s why the pledge is not tough for me. At all.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:39:50 +0000

By: thegoodfight

thegoodfight — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:37:27 +0000

for the first time in my life I felt hesitancy as I recited it in church. Does anyone else feel like this? I SO love this country, but “the republic for which” our flag stands, leaves me wondering just what it I’m pledging allegiance to. Can I continue to honestly recite the pledge of my childhood? I suppose the answer lies in the future. A return to conservative governance will result in a resounding “YES” to my ability to give my pledge to the flag. Otherwise, I’m not so sure….

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:08:16 +0000

I love that 25th day!

By: pharos

pharos — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:14:34 +0000

Great insight into the holiday and its awkward origins as our nation was still discovering and legitimizing itself in the mind of its new citizens - what a tense time it must have been to everyone at that time, from statesman to servant, as they all probably anticipated a conflict along the lines of the War of 1812 sooner or later.

By: w4rbler

w4rbler — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:23 +0000

Reading this gift of a diary was like December 25th in July!!!

By: cannedjam

cannedjam — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:58 +0000

the invoking of the date July 4th was born from practicality. It was during the dawn of our nation, and through a confusing time, that in order to make it clear to everyone the correct date in which to celebrate, it was simply refereed to as the Fourth of July, and since the term Independence Day was not coined for another 15 years, as up until this point it was an unprecedented event, it made most sense to call it by the date it happened. I believe, a fortuitous byproduct of simply referring to the day as July 4th, is that everyone in the world knows when America became free.

That said, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY (personally my favorite holiday)

By: cump

cump — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:13 +0000

This is a subject I really never thought too deeply upon. July 4th has always been (in my mind) our nations birthday, I’ll get up, raise my ‘Betsy Ross’ flag, do the cookout thing with some family, and then enjoy some fireworks in our small town. They are not Washington DC caliber (those are nice), but for a town of 28,000 (when the university is in session) it is perfect (and no traffic!). I have never thought the day was anything but the United States of America’s birthday. But, I agree, by not giving it a significant title I think we diminish the purpose of the day.

After all, July 4 is also the day Pope Benedict V died (965): the date the brightest supernova started (1054): President’s Adams and Jefferson die (1826) and James Monroe (1831). But above all this the date of our nations founding.

As they say in the funny papers (this year especially): Be it resolved that July 4th and all subsequent July 4th’s shall be known as Independence Day!

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:08:56 +0000

I appreciate it LibRick. You have a great holiday, too.

By: LibRick

LibRick — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:07:27 +0000

and have a great “Independence Day”