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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 989727" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>We celebrate <strong>memorial</strong> day on the last Monday in May, rather than on any fixed date. We also celebrate Presidents Day and MLK's birthday on Mondays rather than on the actual calendar date that these men were born on. Why should Independence Day be any different?</p><p></p><p>And the 4th of July is in commemeration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence which occured on July 4 1776. The Revolutionary war itself did not end until 7 years later. To my knowledge, Independence Day has never been a "memorial day" for those who died in the war, it has been a celebration of independence from the British Crown.</p><p></p><p>Today, it is pretty much an extra day off at the beginnning of summer where people light fireworks and have barbecues with family and friends. Sounds like a great event to have on a Friday instead of mid week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 989727, member: 14668"] We celebrate [B]memorial[/B] day on the last Monday in May, rather than on any fixed date. We also celebrate Presidents Day and MLK's birthday on Mondays rather than on the actual calendar date that these men were born on. Why should Independence Day be any different? And the 4th of July is in commemeration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence which occured on July 4 1776. The Revolutionary war itself did not end until 7 years later. To my knowledge, Independence Day has never been a "memorial day" for those who died in the war, it has been a celebration of independence from the British Crown. Today, it is pretty much an extra day off at the beginnning of summer where people light fireworks and have barbecues with family and friends. Sounds like a great event to have on a Friday instead of mid week. [/QUOTE]
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