# Happy Birthday America **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192 "2002-07-03T14:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/21 "2002-07-04T18:59:50Z")
Thanks **TLD** , and everyone else! Whoopee!! Firecrackers and jet fighters over the ocean tonight! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/22 "2002-07-04T21:20:09Z")
It’s baseball, beer, and barbecue for jackelope! Actually first it’s walking the dog in the approximately 250-degree heat, but after that it’s baseball, beer, barbecue, and black powder! Our local PBS station re-aired Ken Burns’s documentary about Mark Twain this morning, which I watched all of and ended up very nearly in tears. And thanks, **cjhoworth** , for confirming my own feelings. America is fascinating for all the wild, mosh-pit lunacy that comes from taking people from all over the world, putting them together under one roof, giving them as few rules as possible, and _letting them govern themselves_. It’s not always pretty, but it’s always exciting because it’s never been done before. Happy Independence Day, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/23 "2002-07-04T22:16:02Z")
Hey **jackelope** , have a great time at that ball game, complete with fireworks! (that goes for that barbecue too… sounds yummy) Have a great day, America… may this year bring you another step closer to understanding everyone’s differences. No, that was not a dig… it’s just the best I can come up with at this time. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/24 "2002-07-04T22:16:45Z")
Thanks, y’all! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/25 "2002-07-04T22:44:16Z")
Aww, happy birthday, old bat. You don’t look a day over fifty. Now come here. \ Time for a spanking! 226? Looks like I’m gonna be here a LOOONG time!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/26 "2002-07-04T23:40:03Z")
[The Declaration of Independence](http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/declaration/declaration_transcription.html) I read it every July 4th. Give it a whirl! ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/27 "2002-07-05T01:17:23Z")
Thanks to every doper in a foreign country who wished us a happy birthday!! I know that lots of people look down on Ann Landers, but if you receive a newspaper that carries her column, please read it and reflect on its message. I found it to be quite elegant in its simplicity. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192/28 "2002-07-05T12:09:17Z")
Thanks **Osiris** 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-america/117192.md?page=1)