How the Bureacrats Stole Patriotism
The year is 1776. July 3, 1776. One day before a new country was born, the United States of America.
The former colony of Great Britain has just finished it s Declaration of Independence, and signing of
the document by revolution leaders is planned for the next day. John Adams, a future American
president and one of the writers of the Declaration itself, sends a letter to his wife, Jane, on this day. In
this letter, he proclaimed that the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration should be solemnized
with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one
End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. The next year, on the first
anniversary of the signing, Congress itself ordained this tradition, enjoying a grand exhibition of
fireworks... (Sneed). Fireworks have been a symbol of America s freedom ever since that Fourth of
July in 1777. Something about the luminous streaks of light radiating from the sky mesmerizes
Americans when they see it. There is no greater joy than to watch the red, white and blue stripes
proclaiming to all, America is free, and proud to be that way! Now, however, that blood tingling, heart
thrashing scenario is gone, stamped with a big red X by some bureaucrat. The eye popping
pyrotechnics are no more, all one has left to do on the Fourth of July is hold a stick burning at 2000°F.
Sounds delightful, does it not? Why not talk some sense to the people of Illinois, especially
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