Notice Happy July 4th !

[Hoopguru]

Freedom and liberty are birthrights for everyone, and protecting and respecting them, needs to be a priority.
On my street we have LGBQT, Russians, Ukrainians, Irish, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians & Caucasians. Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Atheist, Eastern religions etc.
We come together often and celebrate our neighborhood community especially on the 4th. Street is closed bbq's out, volleyball net out, all kinds of rug rats/ street dogs running around.
Flags are flying and there seems to always be a spirit of happiness, when we come together.

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[riverman]

Happy 4th to all! Be smart with fire today...it's bone dry out there.

 

[crandc]

https://www.blackpast.org/african-a...52-frederick-douglass-what-slave-fourth-july/

 

[riverman]

https://www.blackpast.org/african-a...52-frederick-douglass-what-slave-fourth-july/

What a brilliant, heartfelt speech! Always good to keep our colonial history in perspective...it wasn't independence day for everyone, that's for sure. We've come a long way since 1776

 

[Hoopguru]

Too much focus on any negative past can cause some to miss the road ahead. That road ahead should be constant improvement in all ways.

 

[crandc]

Sadly the road ahead isn't always improvement. There are a lot of detours.

 

[Sloth]

Happy 4th all! And especially to my fellow vets on here if there are any! Wish every day I was still in the Coast Guard!

 

[Chris Craig]

Too much focus on any negative past can cause some to miss the road ahead. That road ahead should be constant improvement in all ways.

That may be true, but we needn't forget the true history of our nation.

 

[riverman]

Happy 4th all! And especially to my fellow vets on here if there are any! Wish every day I was still in the Coast Guard!

Navy...Vietnam vet...thank you! Unclecliffy'sdaddy served on the same ship after I got back..the USS Blueridge

 

[e_blazer]

Happy 4th of July.

 

[Hoopguru]

That may be true, but we needn't forget the true history of our nation.

Never forget for sure.....

Sadly the road ahead isn't always improvement. There are a lot of detours.

True, and sometimes it's very tough to overcome difficulties along the way.

 

[Strenuus]

Fireworks are stupid.

 

[crandc]

I have to keep Lucia inside.

 

[Chris Craig]

Fireworks are stupid.

When stupid people do them.

Just went and saw the show downtown with the fans. It was nice.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Fireworks are stupid.

Eardrums GONE!

 

[THE HCP]

When stupid people do them.

Just went and saw the show downtown with the fans. It was nice.

Just doesn’t do it for me and my family. I’m willing to bet this years looked like last.

 

[Chris Craig]

Just doesn’t do it for me and my family. I’m willing to bet this years looked like last.

Pretty much the same every year.

 

[crandc]

An All-American celebration with 17 mass shootings over July 4 weekend.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Eardrums GONE!

Version of the video here -

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[crandc]

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

James Baldwin
Black, gay, socialist
Banned in Florida, excuse me, free state of Florida