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 The Independence Day weekend has given me an opportunity to "deprogram" so while I had the opportunity I wanted to wish everyone a happy 4th of July.  I read something interesting the other day that the 4th of July was the second most celebrated holiday in the U.S. after Christmas.  Now I have to admit that I'm not sure celebrated is the appropriate word, but I took it to mean that the majority of us would say that Christmas is at the top of our list and Independence Day is second.  That isn't altogether surprising to me:  God then Country.

Our second president could not have been more prophetic about future Independence Day celebrations than when he wrote the following in a letter to his wife, Abigail, in 1776.  We'll have to forgive him for being off by 2 days.  The Declaration of Independence was approved by the delegates on July 2, 1776, but they didn't sign it until over a month later.

Happy 4th of July.  I hope you are all able to celebrate with the the people you care about the most.  Stay safe, have fun.  Our country's 233rd year is our opportunity to make our little slice of the world a better place.