“There, I guess King George will be able to read that.”
John Hancock, after signing the Declaration of Independence
Fourth of July fireworks display at the Washington Monument on July 4, 1986
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~ Erma Bombeck
