Top Ten Reasons Why the 4th of July Rocks!
From the home office at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the Top Ten Reasons why the 4th of July Rocks!10. You can legally blow stuff up.
9. There are no presents to buy.
8. We can remind ourselves that we don't have to speak with silly British accents had we remained English.
7. If unexpected relatives show up, we can tell them to eat outside--and get rid of the potato salad that's sat in the sun all day to boot.
6. Drinking beer is pretty much expected.
5. We can watch politicians sweat profusely during the noontime 4th of July parade.
4. It's a day off!
3. The Boston Pops plays the 1812 Overture on PBS and fires off those big cannons.
2. We remember that no matter what political party we belong to, what country our ancestors came from, what religion we believe in, we're all Americans.
1. We get to celebrate the 232d birthday of the rockingest democracy the world has ever seen, the good ol' U.S. of A.!
Enjoy the Fourth. Don't blow up any of your fingers.
Uncle Sam graphic courtesy of HistoryImages.com.
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Todd Epp
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