Happy Independence Day

The Mistress of Snark offers 4th of July greetings.

Not really much I can add to that, except to wonder when the holiday stopped being "Independence Day" and became "The Fourth of July"?

Why is the simple recitation of a number and a month preferable to what the day is actually about?

*sigh*

Happy Independence Day, Gentle Readers.

Enjoy the fireworks. Spend time with kith and kin, eat too much, laugh long, and love well, but I counsel you: On this day, more than any other, take a few moments to read and ponder the Declaration of Independence -- the document that is the penultimate reason for this day.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.

LawDog