I can still practice saying 'ooh' and 'ahh,' but there are no fireworks

[cosmolinguist]

Andrew says the fourth of July is 'the day we celebrate America's indepedence from us!'

He also likes to say that, in a case of typical American silliness, the fourth seems to be was the one day in that July on which nothing interesting happened, twentry years later (or whenever they wanted to start celebrating something) people remembered it wrong.

(As usual, this is a case of him knowing more about my country than I do (but then, the U.S. doesn't seem to like telling people about how silly it is, whereas other countries make a hobby of it), but it sounds like something we'd do.)

Happy fourth of July anyway, if applicable.

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[etoilepb.livejournal.com]

No, they really did sign the resolution in Congress on 4 July 1776. At least the national archives says so (http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html).

As is my understanding, you'll only get fireworks in England if you're still there in November.

[cosmolinguist]

Actually, Andrew told me there were people setting off fireworks near us in Manchester on Saturday night (I was asleep then). I asked him why and he said, 'Apparently some people think the fourth of July is a British holiday!' But, on the third of July? I wondered. Then his mom told me they don't celebrate holidays on Sundays in Britain. (Except Easter.) But still, I guess there were fireworks after all.