Help, My wife doesn't know why we celebrate July 4th

First can I just say I love you guys! alot of Aussies dont love you, but I do

Next, I just have to post this

(please forgive the title, not my idea!)

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[edit on 11-7-2009 by lifecitizen]

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Check out what passes for US History text books these days, then it isn't such a shock, unfortunately.

we celebrate the birth of a free nation
we the people
you and me ,
even all the people you have been in fist fights with
yea those guys
it's for them too
if you want to follow some new train of thought
celebrate because you can
because you still can
because...

Holy crap my wife didn't know either.

Me: Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?

Her: Doesn't it have to do with the freedom of the world or something?

Me: Uhhh No.

Her: OK then it has something to do with the olden days.

Me: What?

Her: It has something to do with the vets.

Me: Well kinda I guess.

Her: Ok then what is it?

Me: Nevermind.

Me: How did your shopping trip to the mall go today?

[edit on 11-7-2009 by In nothing we trust]

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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson