The United States’ Independence Day celebrations are marked each year by gaudy displays of red, white and blue, violent-sounding fireworks and inaccurate claims of America being the world’s greatest country.--SK
I'm pretty much disgusted with all U.S. national celebrations, but July 4 slightly edges out Thanksgiving for the biggest slice of my antipathy.
Sonali makes a reasonable request in this piece.
Instead of watching military tanks roll through the streets of Washington, D.C., in Donald Trump’s fascistic tantrum of a July 4th celebration, consider spending Independence Day reflecting on those writers, activists, even soldiers, who, decades ago and today, have bravely spoken out against the horrors of forever war.--IN
Another suggestion.
TS
I'm pretty much disgusted with all U.S. national celebrations, but July 4 slightly edges out Thanksgiving for the biggest slice of my antipathy.
Sonali makes a reasonable request in this piece.
Instead of watching military tanks roll through the streets of Washington, D.C., in Donald Trump’s fascistic tantrum of a July 4th celebration, consider spending Independence Day reflecting on those writers, activists, even soldiers, who, decades ago and today, have bravely spoken out against the horrors of forever war.--IN
Another suggestion.
TS
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