You . . . When I think of 4th of July, I think of independence and what it means to live in America. The American Dream is that America is land of the free. And, although new laws are passed every year, we remain one of the few countries with enormous freedom of religion, politics, and belief systems.
Many people die for independence.
I remember one time, as a young boy helping out in the garden with my brother, when we had trapped gophers. By accident, we caught a squirrel. I have heard some people say that you can smell freedom in the air in America. Independence is about freedom. Independence is also about being separate from rule of a governing authority - the concept of taxation without representation.