the fourth

Eleven score and fifteen years ago, some guys declared independence and our nation has been celebrating ever since.

For us the fourth is especially sweet. It marks milestones, beginnings and the beginnings of ends. It means flags and camp fires and the Maxwelton Beach Parade. We remember Denver, America and Paris. We think and talk about the people who have come and changed and gone. We eat ice cream cones, and we give thanks for our freedom. We celebrate vision, courage, the adoption of a Declaration and the adoption of...

...a Bear-Bear.