Independence Day -

Not just a generic "Thank you for your service." Find one. Look them in the eye. Say: "I’m eating this hot dog because you did your job. I appreciate it."

The Declaration of Independence wasn't just a list of grievances. It was a promise. It was the first time a nation was founded not on bloodlines or conquest, but on an idea : "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Independence Day

But sometimes, in the middle of the potato salad and the pool floats, we forget to ask the obvious question: What are we actually celebrating? Two hundred and forty-eight years ago, a group of men in Philadelphia signed a document that was essentially a break-up letter to the most powerful empire on earth. It was treason. If they lost, they would be hanged. Not just a generic "Thank you for your service

The stars are 50 distinct points, spread across a field of blue. They don't touch. They are separate. But they are bound together by the same stripes—the red of hardiness and the white of purity. I appreciate it