The Fourth!

Looking back through the archives, I see that the 4th went unremarked at the P Club last year. While the double post the previous year (here and here) goes some way to filling our PPQ (Patriotic Post Quotient) it seems apropos to seize this opportunity to celebrate the good old US of A. To that end, why not read the Declaration of Independence - surely one of the most eloquently written invitations to have a war you'll ever read - or at the very least consider the irony of this little snippet:

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

My first 4th of July in the US (that I remember, anyway) was wayback in 1998. I went to the Esplanade in on the banks of the Charles River to see the Boston Pops. It was a little like the video below, except we were half a mile away from the stage, and they have definitely upped the fireworks/confetti budget since then.



Today, I'm off to West Trashley to grill out ('have a barbie' to all you Limeys) by the pool. So, to wrap up this post, here are some some suitably All-American photos I took at Liberty State Park, during my recent visit to Jersey City/NYC.







DONT TREAD ON ME,

- Mr. Ed