Independence Day 2007
The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. ~Woodrow Wilson
July 4th Celebrated With Family & Friends
This is the fourth year we have celebrated at Mitch's home in Garden
Grove. Backed up to the Joint Forces Training Facility and in a
city that allows fireworks makes for an exciting afternoon and evening!
Independence Day is regarded as the birthday of the United States as a
free and independent nation. It commemorates the signing of the
Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, 231 years ago. At that
time, the people of the 13 British colonies located along the eastern
coast of what is now the United States were involved in a war over what
they considered unjust treatment by the king and parliament in Britain.
In 1763, the end of the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War
left England in control of all of North America east of the Mississippi
and Canada. The British government, faced with the problem of supporting
a growing empire, decided to collect money for the colonies' defense
from the colonists through a stronger central administration.
Parades
A parade is an organized procession of people along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by floats or sometimes large lighter-than-air balloons with complex shapes. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind. Every year, the neighborhood does a parade with decorated vehicles of many types. Come see the fun!
Visiting & Fireworks
Every year friends and family get together for an afternoon of
sharing. People come and go between
their activities but i always nice to see familiar faces!
Fireworks start as soon as it gets dusk!
Between the Joint Forces Training Facility fireworks and those of
neighbors, we see plenty of activity.
The Parade Snapshots
