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I’m just not feeling it this year.

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Today our country turns 250 years old. I should be celebrating, but I’ve lost the joy.

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I’m a first generation American on my father’s side, his family came from England in 1920. He was 10 years old.

I’m a second generation American on my mother’s side, her parents came from Austria in 1923. My grandmother was pregnant. Birthright citizenship, it matters.

I’m the proud wife of a Vietnam veteran.

The proud daughter of a World War II veteran.

The proud great granddaughter of a Civil War veteran.

The proud 4th great granddaughter of a Revolutionary War veteran.

I’m proud of their service, their sacrifice and their dedication to the freedoms we hold dear … but I’m not proud of what the country they fought for has become today.

And I doubt they would be either.

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That being said, I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday filled with whatever brings you joy.

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8 thoughts on “I’m just not feeling it this year.”

  1. I am the proud son of a man who fought in WWII and grandparents who wouldn’t be allowed to immigrate to this country today as they did in 1900. We can do better, and I am confident that we will.

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  2. I don’t have any military connections as such, but I hold those past and present in so much respect. I will always support them.

    My grandfather and great Uncle boxed professionally out of New York in the ’20s. (I have my granddad’s NY Boxing Commission Licence); my great uncle and aunt settled in Brooklyn; they had family who are now in Hartford, Conn.

    I grew up harbouring that same American Dream. (Not boxing – my nose may be a bit on the large size, but I’d quite like it to remain that way. 😉)

    I (we in UK) used to look across the water with a degree if envy.

    Not any more, I’m afraid … apart from Boston for a week or so last month.

    I wonder why that is …. 🤔😟

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  4. I feel exactly the same way. We live in discoursing times. But as I mentioned to Mary on her blog, this morning on a podcast, I was listening to Heather Cox Richardson and her no-nonsense optimism. Onward, ho and a happy Fourth!

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