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‘The Occasion Formerly Known As Independence Day’

July 4, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Walter Hudson just keeps getting better:

On the Fourth of July, what are we even celebrating anymore? I quickly recalled that this cycle of thought has in recent years become a sad new tradition.

Rather than a cause for reflection and celebration, the occasion formerly known as Independence Day now takes on a grief similar to that surrounding the anniversary of a death in the family.

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