What is the reason we celebrate July 4th?

[donnay]

'Was it the day we overtook the South?': Americans caught on camera admitting they have no idea why they celebrate July 4th

By Dailymail.com Reporter
2 July 2015

A video of Americans being asked about Independence Day is a concerning reminder that many do not know why they celebrate on July 4.

Media analyst Mark Dice interviewed citizens in San Diego, California, asking whether they will be at a party this weekend.

He then questioned them on the historical details of the event they will be marking - and many of them struggled.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhCOPh48ew

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[acptulsa]

We used to celebrate that our nation was founded upon the morality and wisdom of Thomas Jefferson and his closest friends.


When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

Now we don't celebrate anything. We just eat too much and try to burn down the house.

[heavenlyboy34]

The reason people celebrate July 4th is elected and unelected priests and other authorities of the State Religion told them to from a very young age. Quite Pavlovian, really. Brilliant mind-washing.

[acptulsa]

The reason people celebrate July 4th is elected and unelected priests and other authorities of the State Religion told them to from a very young age. Quite Pavlovian, really. Brilliant mind-washing.

Depends what age they are.

Some of us were required to read the Declaration as part of our education. And we know what we're celebrating. In fact, four decades ago most Americans did.

[Voluntarist]

xxxxx

[euphemia]

Except now we celebrate on Friday or Monday so federal slugs get another day off at our expense.

[Carlybee]

To blow things up?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5waof0iWE8

[RonPaulFanInGA]

For the first time in my life, Georgia's law allows selling and purchasing all fireworks. That law went into effect just yesterday. I am happy that I do not have to make a trip to Alabama or Tennessee any longer to load up.

[Anti Federalist]

What is the reason we celebrate July 4th?

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--i86bceF7--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/foqykkeq8syovttserq8.jpg

http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ad2jJFO21qg53cmo1_500.jpg

http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mejf3hHghZ1qzh2ygo1_500.jpg

[Origanalist]

I no longer do. :(

[dannno]

http://www.notbored.org/london-metro.jpg

[RDM]

Three words to describe this sad state of affair.

Department Of Education

[tod evans]

In remembrance of our forefathers who had the intestinal fortitude to throw off their shackles for a while...

[Voluntarist]

xxxxx

[juleswin]

My solution to the problem? ban fireworks, ban BBQ, ban all schools, ban bans. ban it all. That will surely fix something.

[brushfire]

I'll be wrenching on the 3500, but I will observe and tie one on for those who truly sacrificed. The district of cesspool, and kardashian worshiping fools that we see today, will not drive me away from honoring those who were once willing to stand up for something right.

[Uriel999]

shaking my head...

[heavenlyboy34]

I no longer do. :(


You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Origanalist again.
Good for you! :) It's a step in the right direction, bro. ~hugs~

[acptulsa]

Good for you! :) It's a step in the right direction, bro. ~hugs~

Something about society was once worth celebrating, but has gone to hell to such a degree that it is no longer worth celebrating, and you want us to believe that is a step in the right direction...?

Only if you want to destroy good things and make millions miserable just so you can say you were right about something.

That's how those who refuse to learn from history get condemned to repeat the bad parts.

[Ronin Truth]

My birthday?

[donnay]

My birthday?

Yankee Doodle Dandy?

[Suzanimal]

My birthday?

Happy (early) birthday RT! :)

[Ronin Truth]

Happy (early) birthday RT! :)

+ Rep! ;)

[dude58677]

I celebrate the Oathkeepers and the wisdom that Irwin Schiff left us all. I celebrate State Nullification and ronpaulforums.

[kpitcher]

To blow things up?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5waof0iWE8
That was funny. I do have to say.. holy smokes would not be what I'd say after something like that happened.

[Dianne]

Americans love to hear about "The Bombs Bursting In Mid-Air".

[Ronin Truth]

Because it's Geraldo Rivera's birthday. 07/04/43! Happy 71st, Geraldo!

(I would have sworn that he is younger than me. He is very well preserved.)

[donnay]

Happy Birthday Ronin!

[William Tell]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nVjoU_8LH8

[Ronin Truth]

Happy Birthday Ronin!

+Rep :)

[Voluntarist]

xxxxx

[donnay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nVjoU_8LH8

That scene gives me goosebumps.