The 4th of July

Independence Day, is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, baseball games, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States, but is often also viewed as simply a summer festival, with patriotic overtones. As you gather with family and friends to enjoy good food and fireworks, say a prayer for the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan for whom the 4th of July will be spent listening to a different kind of fireworks. Bombs bursting in air for them has another meaning.