Happy 4th of July!

My second favourite holiday after Thanksgiving when I was a child was the 4th of July! I grew up in Los Angeles, California and the 4th of July was the kick off of Summer vacation as Labor Day in September signalled Autumn and back to school. 4th of July was truly a family holiday, I remember my brother and sister who were much older than me, would all make it back home for the family BBQ and the fireworks that night. Warm evenings and my father cooking burgers and hotdogs bring back warm memories and feelings of my childhood.

I don't think Australians can truly understand the how significant the 4th of July or Independence Day is to Americans! The holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. By declaring independence from Great Britain the signers had really signed there death warrants, because if they failed they would have been hung as traitors. Up until this time in history no country had ever declared it's independence from another country, it never happened before. The results of America declaring it's independence and winning the American Revolutionary War, has changed the World forever. So when you bump into an American today, wish him or her a happy 4th of July, because this day has deep significance to really all the people of the free World not just Americans!

And that is the Northern Truth!