Happy Independence day!

The Bard · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 9:10 am

I wish a good Independence day to all of us who are American. (and to non-Americans too.)

Have lots of fun, and let off a few fireworks.
And also try to remember what this day is celebrating.

(All you non-Americans can let off a few fireworks for us too if you want.

)

Bethany Faith · **Joined:** January 27th, 2011, 2:13 pm **Posts:** 3226

I'm going to let somebody who isn't afraid of fire exploding in the sky to set up the fireworks I just do well wishes.

Happy fourth of July, everyone! And may God bless all the world, including America.

Leandra Falconwing · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 9:58 am

*runs around setting off fireworks*

Bethany Faith wrote:

Happy fourth of July, everyone! And may God bless all the world, including America.

Ditto to this!

Kalisia Silverwing · **Joined:** June 10th, 2011, 12:47 pm **Posts:** 217

*sets off loads of fireworks in this thread* Happy Independence Day, everyone!

Bethany Faith wrote:

Happy fourth of July, everyone! And may God bless all the world, including America.

Yes, my sentiments exactly.

Lady Elizabeth · **Joined:** May 26th, 2011, 5:08 pm **Posts:** 328

Happy fourth of July! Let us hope it's a good one!

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 11:37 am

Happy fourth of July!

*sets off red white and blue walrus fire-works!*

*sets off fireworks that explode too close to the ground and start a fire in a nearby tree*

*puts out fire with waterhose*

Aemi · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 11:44 am

I can't wait until dark!

And, if you have never read the Declaration of Independence in its entirety, I highly recommend that you do so. Out loud. It's fun.

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 11:47 am

I've seen the Declaration of Independence in real life! We went to Philadelphia (not the cupcake kind) and saw it!

Aemi · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 1:35 pm

Wow, awesome. How big was it? What did it look like?

Manda Kondrael · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 2:15 pm

Happy Independence Day to all present, even if you're not American.

Fireworks were last night for us - singing and playing tag on a gravel road while watching fireworks light up the sky has got to be the most fun ever. :dieshappy:

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 2:28 pm

Well I hope you all have a fun, blessed day. I haven't got any fireworks to let off for you, sadly; so I will just pretend.

*Sends out some of Gandalf's special fireworks to make everyone go.... :shock:

*

Enjoy your 4th of July!

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Happy 4th of July!

Lady Elanor wrote:

*Sends out some of Gandalf's special fireworks to make everyone go.... :shock:

*

Good idea.

Leandra Falconwing · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 2:32 pm

Lady Elanor wrote:

*Sends out some of Gandalf's special fireworks to make everyone go.... :shock:

*

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 2:52 pm

*Giggles and laughs* How come every time I come on HW, even if I'm feeling dreadfully tired, I always end up laughing. I didn't see the effect of Gandalf's fireworks as I sent them over to America for you, but I'm glad to hear they were very good.

It was on the BBC news.

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 10:19 pm

Lady Elanor wrote:

*Sends out some of Gandalf's special fireworks to make everyone go.... :shock:

*

*goes

*

Princess Arante Weneve · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 10:21 pm

I saw only glimpses of the fireworks... nothing special today for me... Just a good lunch and nice movie to finish off the day.

Evening L. Aspen · **Joined:** December 2nd, 2009, 11:01 pm **Posts:** 1461

Lady Elanor wrote:

*Sends out some of Gandalf's special fireworks to make everyone go.... :shock:

*

Exactly! We're going out to watch fireworks now, but after that I'm going to come in and watch the fireworks from LotR. I've yet to see any real-life fireworks as cool as Gandalf's dragon. :cool:

Aemi · **Posted:** July 4th, 2011, 10:35 pm

*happy sigh* I just got home from watching the fireworks. It was great; bursts of color going off all around the lake.

Aragorn · **Joined:** September 23rd, 2010, 3:42 pm **Posts:** 9085

Evening L. Aspen wrote:

I've yet to see any real-life fireworks as cool as Gandalf's dragon. :cool:

*same*

Kiev Shawn · **Posted:** July 5th, 2011, 10:56 am

Lady Elanor wrote:

Well I hope you all have a fun, blessed day. I haven't got any fireworks to let off for you, sadly; so I will just pretend.

*Sends out some of Gandalf's special fireworks to make everyone go.... :shock:

*

Enjoy your 4th of July!

The penguins were honking and whacking their flipper all night, Elanor.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** July 5th, 2011, 4:44 pm

The Bard wrote:

Have lots of fun, and let off a few fireworks.
And also try to remember what this day is celebrating.

Thanks for this, Joe. I'm patriotically passionate, and love history, so Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. It's a day of remembrance, a day of great value for every American.

I recently visited Independence Hall, Congress Hall, The Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, and way too many other places to name in this post.

I loved submersing myself in the history surrounding the Declaration of Independence, and the birth of our nation.

May we never forget the history behind this day when we set off fireworks in celebration.

@Namor: The Declaration of Independence is not in Philadelphia. It is in DC. The drafts (including the very cool edit ridden copies) are on display in Philadelphia, in the west wing of Independence hall. The ink stand used by the signers is also in display there.

Bethany Faith · **Joined:** January 27th, 2011, 2:13 pm **Posts:** 3226

*raises hand slowly* I've seen the Declaration of Independence in DC... Namor had me confused; for a moment there I was thinking "Then what was it I saw in DC??...." haha...

Anyways, I was too little; I can't remember much.

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 5th, 2011, 4:52 pm

Airianna Valenshia wrote:

@Namor: The Declaration of Independence is not in Philadelphia. It is in DC. The drafts (including the very cool edit ridden copies) are on display in Philadelphia, in the west wing of Independence hall. The ink stand used by the signers is also in display there.

Yeah sorry, I got them confused, we went to Philadelphia and saw Independence Hall where it was signed, and we went to DC in the national archives and saw the actual thing!

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** July 5th, 2011, 6:05 pm

I love the long s' in the document. The long s was still in use when the Declaration was signed. They add such a… such a regal look to the Declaration.

Bethany Faith · **Joined:** January 27th, 2011, 2:13 pm **Posts:** 3226

*wonders what the long S looks like* :shock:

Aemi · **Posted:** July 5th, 2011, 9:08 pm

It looks a lot like an " f ".

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 6th, 2011, 10:30 am

I love the old S! :dieshappy:

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** July 6th, 2011, 8:45 pm

Long s.

Yeah, it looks like a really fancy f, without the horizontal line.

Bethany Faith · **Joined:** January 27th, 2011, 2:13 pm **Posts:** 3226

Oo...sounds pretty.

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** July 13th, 2011, 7:01 pm

It is very attractive, especially when you see it done in calligraphy. It is quite... expressive.

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 13th, 2011, 7:06 pm

It really lookf fuper! It kind of lookf like thif!

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** July 13th, 2011, 7:24 pm

No it doesn't. *shakes head * They are slanted, and don't have a line.

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 13th, 2011, 7:49 pm

Well I could do the exact one!

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** July 13th, 2011, 8:05 pm

I know. They are just much prettier than an f.

Svensteel Mimetes · **Posted:** July 13th, 2011, 8:08 pm

Quite prettier!

Happy Independence day!

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