bottleopener
Well-Known Member
...is today America's official hangover day?
It's a tough call... January 1st has a strong case for being national hangover day.
It's a tough call... January 1st has a strong case for being national hangover day.
NYE you party heartily for maybe 4-5 hours, champagne, hard liquor.
The 4th of July 1776 was the day we DECLARED our independence...NOT the day we got it...that was on Sep 3, 1783...the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War and England recognized the US as an independent country. (You can say you're going to run away from home all you want, but until you go...you're not independent...).
I know you all may find it hard to believe, but I didn't have any beer until the 5th...So Bill, are you saying you didn't have any beer on the 4th?
No, you're not out of line.Not my country so I hope I'm not out of line, but when you SAY you're independent and then fight to the death to support the claim, you're independent. The treaty just finally recognized the facts in place. You're free the day you don't accept anything else.
As I said previously, the 4th of July is the day we DECLARED independence not the day we got it.
See, what I'm saying is that the day you declare it is the day you got it. That's the whole point of a declaration. What others around you thought was sort of irrelevant so their formal recognition is for their sake, not yours.
No, you're not out of line.
IMO, the nation was conceived on that day, but not born until 3 Sep 1783.
See, what I'm saying is that the day you declare it is the day you got it. That's the whole point of a declaration. What others around you thought was sort of irrelevant so their formal recognition is for their sake, not yours.
From what I understand, declaring independence and acting as if is equal to a dictatorship. Until a treaty is signed, that country is either no country at all, or a dictatorship.
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