When word got to Philadelphia that the British had been defeated at Yorktown, celebrations broke out and fireworks filled the air.
I feel the same today when I see the sky filled with the rockets red glare on the Fourth of July.
May I never become so cynical that I cannot connect my appreciation of these symbols with the historical quest for FREEDOM.
Best way to do it that I’ve seen is get a bunch of guys and families to chip in and give the cash to whoever is going through a state where the good stuff is legal (if it’s not legal in your state). That way for a few hundred bucks you get a few thousand bucks of bang!
Let us never fail to celebrate with "illuminations from one end of this continent to the other."
Whoever this author is he needs a remedial lesson in Americanism.