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July 4th, 2024: I remember when I was a little girl and my country caught on fire...

July 4th, 2024: I remember when I was a little girl and my country caught on fire...

Looking for Hope on a Strange and Uncertain Fourth of July

Jim McDermott
Jul 04, 2024
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Recently a friend of mine told me he gets the hell out of the country for the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. “American holidays,” he said. “I can’t deal with them.”

It’s hard to remember the last time I enjoyed the Fourth of July. I want to say it’s been since 2001, when George W. Bush and the then-Republican party hijacked the whole concept of America to fit their own violent, nationalistic, partisan agenda.  

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