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In reply to the discussion: Anybody else feel like not celebrating the 4th of July today/tonight? [View all]No Vested Interest
(5,164 posts)69. Heavy rain kept me home today..
I had bought some red-white-blue pinwheels and was planning to go across town to the cemetery where my forebears and my spouse are buried and to decorate the graves with the pretty little pinwheels. Grass too wet - it's a hilly cemetery.
Thinking I'll still go- Sat. or Sunday- and decorate. The deceased won't mind it being a little late, and it'll please me to see them blowing or just sitting there looking pretty.
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Anybody else feel like not celebrating the 4th of July today/tonight? [View all]
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
OP
Pardon me. My husband is a vet. The 4th is about celebrating the Declaration of Independence
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#10
And, if the left hadn't protested the war so passionately and so convincingly,
MsPithy
Jul 2013
#146
My anti-American views! Unbelievable. Have you been watching too much Faux News?
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#24
Part of the freedom of being an American is choosing whether to celebrate the 4th, and what
quinnox
Jul 2013
#47
Be careful! We used to get fireworks and set them off for the kids too...years ago.
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#31
Staying home because I have the best view of the fireworks in the whole valley.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#32
My husband is related to one of those signers. They did indeed put their lives on the line...
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#38
Enjoy the fireworks! We have friends in Ft. Lee, NJ who always have a 4th of July party
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#42
Thank you very much and I'm sorry you're not feelin' it. Those things happen I guess.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#45
Anybody watching PBS Capital Fourth? Am watching and I see my sister and her
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#34
Nothing better on tv tonight. Good entertainment. No place better to be on the 4th.
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#98
She very pretty. Honestly I never heard of her before. she has a lovely voice.
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#100
Yes they had a blast. Although my sister,her husband and her twins daughters were
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#158
My sister says we should wear red to celebrate....told her I would wear black as I am mourning.
dkf
Jul 2013
#48
"Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools." Schopenhauer
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2013
#60
I am not down on celebrating it, if you want to, but I'm not into it this year myself
deutsey
Jul 2013
#61
Well, I hope you have a peaceful evening so you can get to work rested in the AM.
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#80
I haven't for about a decade. Just another day with the added soundtrack of a war outside.
morningfog
Jul 2013
#79
I am on my third day of strep throat and tonsillitis so it was a jello and sherbert
Mojorabbit
Jul 2013
#84
There was an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about how hard Independence Day can be for vets
dflprincess
Jul 2013
#131
Emblematic of Republican state legislatures and State houses pissing big-time on the people with
indepat
Jul 2013
#127
It's sort of sad that I've spent a lot of today fantasizing about emigrating.
Arugula Latte
Jul 2013
#149
True. One of the reasons for Panama was its acceptance of retirees (forget Canada or NZ)
mnhtnbb
Jul 2013
#164