Today we celebrate our 249th year. This fourth kicks off the runup to our 250th birthday next year. It has already been 250 years since the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which led to the formation of the U.S. Army in April. (That was commemorated with a parade in Washington that upset certain factions in America.)
I really cannot add more to what has already been written by others about the Fourth of July from a historical point of view. It is a celebration of America, and also a rite of summer. It marks the beginning of July, the high-point of summer and the start of the dreaded “dog days” that will run through August and bring us the highest electricity rates of the year.
Earlier this week, on July 2, we entered the second half of the year. It was when we started the “back nine” of 2025. I read this past week that the first quarter of the twenty-first century is now in the history book. The passing of July 2 means we are now closer to 2050 than we are to 2000. And for many of us, 2000 seems like yesterday. Remember the Y2K panic?
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July, and prayers that the second quarter of the twenty-first century is better than the first quarter.
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