Happy July 4th to my American brethren - 230 years old today! I’d continue with my celebratory retort, although I’d rather not - that’s enough from this Brit who’s forefathers were bitch slapped in 1776 and sent packing…

…well, we were fighting 2 wars, weren’t we?

[cough... the French in India ;)]

Joking aside, have a great day, enjoy the holiday!

it’s July 4th weekend, and time for celebrations. happy July 4th my fellow Americans!

To be honest, it seems rather strange that I, a British citizen, be joining my Yankee friends in some hardcore BBQ’ing and tall frosty drinks… considering that Independence Day is the celebration of the 13 American colonies ousting the British empire 230 years ago.

Some little known [to the common yank] facts on Independence Day:

• July 4th 1776 was the declaration of independence, and the start of the Revolutionary War - not the celebration of winning the war against the British, but the commencement of the war
• the “cherry on the cake” for the forming of the committee and the creating of the Declaration was due to the fact that the Americans were tired of having to pay taxes to the British Monarch at the time, King George III, and not having any say in the British Parliament - they called it “taxation without representation!”
• on July 4th 1776, nobody actually signed the declaration - most of the 56 names were signed by early August. one signer though, didn’t attach his hancock until 1781 - Thomas McKean
• Philadelphia was the first to mark Independence Day in 1777 - the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was held in Philadelphia, in Independence Square
• a total of 86 amendments were made to Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence
• the committee that was formed to oust the British empire, and indeed draft the Declaration, decided that the document should be crafted by Thomas Jefferson, who was considered the strongest and most eloquent writer

so here I am, waiting for the dogs to go on the grill, the king of beers to flow and the fireworks to commence… all in the name of celebrating the kicking of Georgie Boy’s fat arse out of the country.

Happy July 4th everyone!!!