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If you live in the USA, you know we have a big anniversary coming up on July 4, 2026.
I'm sure you have seen one of these signs,
or something similar.
Perhaps one or more of your neighbors has
one of these signs in their yard.
Why do I find this offensive? Perhaps I am being too fussy or inflexible. Perhaps it's semantics. However, I believe it's because we in the States believe we are superior. After all, there are two other countries in North America (Canada and Mexico), seven countries in Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama), and nine countries in South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela).
What makes us in the States so special we can take credit for ALL of America? After all, Canada turns 159 as a nation on July 1, 2026. You don't see them touting the fact they belong to North America. I believe we are only one wheel in the cog, although we are apparently the wealthiest and biggest bullies.
I prefer to believe I am a member of the United States OF America. Thank you for putting up with my diatribe.
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5 thoughtful remarks:
At least you celebrate. As German.... pffff... the-forever-guilt forbids this.
But in the news today I saw that where the German soccer-team plays there were loads of German flags. And the fans from the other team were "allowed" to celebrate with them. That´s why I watch American Football...
...I'm a proud American, but I try to avoid anything the=at Trumps endorses.
I do agree with you last sentence. I have never been more ashamed of my country as I am now.
That's a great point. And I am also ashamed of my country in many ways. I'm not ashamed of different opinions people have, but the way the government is right now, is really sad. This time the government is no longer for all the people. It's just for a a few very wealthy. Thanks for this post.
I'm embarrassed to say I am an American these days and have very ambivolent feelings about this celebration. I celebrate what we have been, what it took to get us here. But not what we are now as a country in the world (not the people, or all of them.) And I agree about "America" -- it's a wide turf on one often forgotten.
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