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Heartlander · 80-89, M
I mostly think of the people who kept us safe so we could enjoy our freedom. Those people who poured out of landing crafts to storm Omaha beach, into the machine gun fire. And the brave people who went ashore on the Pacific Islands, one by one, until it was just The island of Japan itself. I think of our fathers and uncles who chased the evil people from North Africa, and up the length of Italy, and all the way to Berlin.
I know, today is not Memorial Day, but without the millions who kept us safe there would be no Independence Day.
I know, today is not Memorial Day, but without the millions who kept us safe there would be no Independence Day.
SandWitch · 26-30, F
@Heartlander
Independence Day is to celebrate independence from King George III of England back in the 1700's. The people of England (now called Americans) fled England to get away from King George who was an evil dictator. To this day, Americans are still celebrating that brake from Great Britain and the birth of their own country called the USA.
Independence Day has nothing whatsoever to do with "people who kept us safe so we could enjoy our freedom". You are confusing Memorial Day with Independence Day.
Independence Day is to celebrate independence from King George III of England back in the 1700's. The people of England (now called Americans) fled England to get away from King George who was an evil dictator. To this day, Americans are still celebrating that brake from Great Britain and the birth of their own country called the USA.
Independence Day has nothing whatsoever to do with "people who kept us safe so we could enjoy our freedom". You are confusing Memorial Day with Independence Day.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@SandWitch Thankfully, we are free to decide for ourselves why and how we celebrate Independence Day. Not all states in these United States had to first exist as British Colonies. Most though had to break free of one or more European bully governments before arriving as states in these United States,
So we collective celebrate Independence Day for our independence from whomever the bully nation that once served as our overlords. Independence is a moveable or series of events. The Brits took another stab at us in 1812 and a handful of my ancestors sent them a’running at the Battle of New Orleans. Another set of relatives made Texas not a part of Mexico, so unless we are ready for 4 or 5 separate Independence Day celebrations, I’m fine with lumping our collective Independence together on July 4th.
Not quite the same as Memorial Day. On Memorial Day we honor their sacrifices, on July 4th we celebrate their achievements.
So we collective celebrate Independence Day for our independence from whomever the bully nation that once served as our overlords. Independence is a moveable or series of events. The Brits took another stab at us in 1812 and a handful of my ancestors sent them a’running at the Battle of New Orleans. Another set of relatives made Texas not a part of Mexico, so unless we are ready for 4 or 5 separate Independence Day celebrations, I’m fine with lumping our collective Independence together on July 4th.
Not quite the same as Memorial Day. On Memorial Day we honor their sacrifices, on July 4th we celebrate their achievements.
SandWitch · 26-30, F
@Heartlander
I disagree with you. You're still confused about the significant meaning Memorial Day and Independence Day have from each other. That is precisely why most Americans don't understand why they celebrate Independence Day. They don't understand because they confuse the 'true' meaning of each commemorative day as being one in the same much like you have done. They are not one in the same, nor even close in technical meaning.
Not quite the same as Memorial Day. On Memorial Day we honor their sacrifices, on July 4th we celebrate their achievements.
I disagree with you. You're still confused about the significant meaning Memorial Day and Independence Day have from each other. That is precisely why most Americans don't understand why they celebrate Independence Day. They don't understand because they confuse the 'true' meaning of each commemorative day as being one in the same much like you have done. They are not one in the same, nor even close in technical meaning.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@SandWitch Practically all, if not all, such holidays have a variance between the ‘true’ or original meaning and the twisted meaning. Christmas has come to mean dozens of things. I grew up where Mardi Gras is celebrated. Does everyone celebrating Mardi Gras realize they are celebrating Fat Tuesday, a last spirited day before beginning the penitent 40 days of Lent?
Drifting from what may have been the original reason for Independence day allows us to celebrate our own independence, that we are independent. Our breaking free from France, and Spain, and Mexico, and wherever is every bit as significant as Virginia and Pennsylvania breaking free of England. And again, without the patriots taking up arms to defy the heavy hand of overlords there would be no independence.
Drifting from what may have been the original reason for Independence day allows us to celebrate our own independence, that we are independent. Our breaking free from France, and Spain, and Mexico, and wherever is every bit as significant as Virginia and Pennsylvania breaking free of England. And again, without the patriots taking up arms to defy the heavy hand of overlords there would be no independence.