Happy Birthday America

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And to my fellow escapists who aren't American, happy July 4th.

 

[DefunctTheory]

I prefer to celebrate the complete and utter ass whomping the south received on this glorious day.

Long Live Meade, Long Live Grant!

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

You could argue it's the anniversary of the Union beating the South at Gettysburg.

Anyway, long live the day of fireworks and barbecues!

 

[BENZOOKA]

4th of July is almost like 3rd or 5th of July, except it is slightly more in the middle out of those three.

 

[Akimbo_Slice]

4th of July is almost like 3rd or 5th of July, except it is slightly more in the middle out of those three.

and explosions. Lots of explosions lol.

You all seem to forget the 4th is just an excuse to light fireworks for most people now.

 

[Biodeamon]

bloody hell, not another 4th of July thread...we canadians had canada on july the 1st but did we brag about and just spam the forums, no. ugh. maybe i`m just still cranky about losing california though...

 

[BlackWidower]

bloody hell, not another 4th of July thread...we canadians had canada on july the 1st but did we brag about and just spam the forums, no. ugh. maybe i`m just still cranky about losing california though...

I concur. I also find it odd they call it "the fourth of July," meanwhile they don't call Christmas the twenty-fifth of December. They name the holiday after it's position on the calander.

Nonetheless, I hope their Independence Day goes as well as my Canada Day did. We had tenants moving out and we had to clean out all the crap they left behind, which was a lot, and fix some damage they did to the tub fixture they never mentioned. Then I slammed my finger in a door, causing it to burst, (yes it hurt as much as it sounds) then I screamed for five minutes, fainted, vomited, slept for three hours, woke up pissed.

The highlight was when I went to a local chip stand and got a bacon+cheese+fried onion hot dog. My first meal of the day that managed to stay in my stomach.

 

[Markgraf]

You could argue it's the anniversary of the Union beating the South at Gettysburg.

Anyway, long live the day of fireworks and barbecues!

Don't forget the Siege of Vicksburg (1863). It traumatized the city's inhabitants so much to have lost, that the Fourth of July was not celebrated again until 1945.

Also,

 

[BENZOOKA]

4th of July is almost like 3rd or 5th of July, except it is slightly more in the middle out of those three.

and explosions. Lots of explosions lol.

You all seem to forget the 4th is just an excuse to light fireworks for most people now.

New Year's Eve is the only day you can play with fireworks here, excluding some special occasions & permissions.

 

[Akimbo_Slice]

4th of July is almost like 3rd or 5th of July, except it is slightly more in the middle out of those three.

and explosions. Lots of explosions lol.

You all seem to forget the 4th is just an excuse to light fireworks for most people now.

New Year's Eve is the only day you can play with fireworks here, excluding some special occasions & permissions.

Really? Not here in California. Although some places are not selling because its dry, and anyway, who cares about being inside the rules of the law?

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

You could argue it's the anniversary of the Union beating the South at Gettysburg.

Anyway, long live the day of fireworks and barbecues!

Either one of which would probably cause my apparently very flammable state to explode like a powder keg, which is why setting off fireworks carries a heavy fine and possibly jail time.

Happy Fourth of July Everybody! (You can't see it, but I'm waving humorously tiny flags to indicate sarcasm)