The Fourth of July
Bad choice for a national holiday. Some better days:
April 19: The date of the battle of Lexington.
July 2: The day the Continental Congress declared independence.
September 3: The day the Treaty of Paris was signed.
January 14: Ditto ratified.
September 17: Date of the drafting of the Constitution.
June 21: Ditto ratified.
March 4: Ditto takes effect.
All I can see that happened on the fourth of July is that a particular document was approved, explaining why America was declaring independence. America had already declared independence. America was already at war with Great Britain. All they did was decree a particular format for their whine. That's what the Declaration of Independence is you know. All the heavy lifting was done on the second of July.
April 19: The date of the battle of Lexington.
July 2: The day the Continental Congress declared independence.
September 3: The day the Treaty of Paris was signed.
January 14: Ditto ratified.
September 17: Date of the drafting of the Constitution.
June 21: Ditto ratified.
March 4: Ditto takes effect.
All I can see that happened on the fourth of July is that a particular document was approved, explaining why America was declaring independence. America had already declared independence. America was already at war with Great Britain. All they did was decree a particular format for their whine. That's what the Declaration of Independence is you know. All the heavy lifting was done on the second of July.
posted by apk01004 at 2:29 AM
3 Comments:
have i reminded you, my darling, how much i like you're blog?
thousands.
oh god i said "you're" when i meant "your"... i was going to say "you're keeping a nice blog" and i opted for something like a charming lady would say and..oh hell.
Aww. I'm all misty.
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