Mosaic Monday: Old Fashioned Fourth of July
On July 4, 1776, a fledgling United States Congress declared that the time had come for the thirteen colonies to sever their bonds with England and become an independent, sovereign nation. Of course we know that, having said it, our Founding Fathers were not finished. The crown was not about to walk away from its investment. And so a war for freedom was fought and won by revolutionary colonial forces. The document that threw down the gauntlet, our Declaration of Independence, is preserved for posterity at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Americans celebrate this historic event annually with fireworks, cookouts, Naturalization Ceremonies, and parades in towns and cities. Happy Birthday, U.S.A. I hope the sun shines on your parade.