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TSN
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What's that you say? Not for two more days? Au contraire, my friends. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress resolved Richard Henry Lee's motion "That these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independant states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the british crown and that all political connection between them and the state of great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved." John Adams himself wrote to his wife on the third that: "The Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.... It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."

For those who may be wondering why July 4 has been celebrated for so long... Two days after the Resolution of Independence, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was approved. So, in other words, July 2 is when we decided to become independent. July 4 is when we actually decided just what words to use in declaring it. :-)

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Jeff Raven
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Quick! Who remembers the words to the US anthem?!

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Kosh
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Every time I see that flag, I think of my Dad. Thanks Jeff!!

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Jubilee
...complete with cherries!
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*puts hand over heart*

Oh, Say can you see,
By the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed,
At the rocket's red gleaming...

Who's broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight,
And the ramparts we watched,
Were so gallantly streaming...

And the rocket's red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof, through the night,
That our flag was still there...

Oh, say does that star spangled,
Banner yet wave?...
O're the Land of the free,
And the home, of the brave.

- Francis Scott Key


*bows* I can sing it, too, if you want.....

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Saiyanman Benjita
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I can sing it as well. It gives me a little tingly feeling every time, too. God, I love America.

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Jaresh Inyo
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I prefer Frank Drebbin's version of the anthem.

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*is British*

"God save the queen..."

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Kosh
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The Queen is dead. RIP Freddy.

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Sol System
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*LOL*

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The best part is people in Florida (including me) can do fireworks again, because there is no drought! It kinda made last year seem a little dull. I just hope it doesn't rain here on the 4th.

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Oh, I hate flagwaving.

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Saltah'na
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*ties explosives around Jeff Raven and TSN*

Move one inch and they explode into Red and White.

And BTW, I won't dare do anything to Jubes. CC still has control of some nuke silos that are probably aimed at Toronto.

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Kosh
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We can't nuke Toronto. Ken Griffey works there. Oops, my mistake, he works in Seattle. You guys ever heard of "Shelter in Place"

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Jeff Raven
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*hits Tahna over the head with a stick o' dynomite*

Hey, this gives me a reason to set off some of these firecrackers!

USA! USA! USA!

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Baloo
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Any holiday that includes backyard barbeques and fireworks is allright in MY book!

Pass the K.C. Masterpiece, please, and have some more pork-and-beans. Don't stand too close to the grill!

--Baloo

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