@tuuu28283 For me it depends on what I am eating. A BLT I will have salt and pepper waffle chips to dip in my tomato and basil soup. If I am having a ham sandwich I will eat plain Lays with Cholula sauce over it. If I am having beef tacos I will have tortilla chips with queso. I can go on.
On this day in 1776, the United States was actually born. Not July 4. July 2. That's the day the Continental Congress voted to break from Britain, and John Adams was so certain of it that he predicted July 2 would be the great American holiday forever. He nailed everything except the date.
The vote came down to the wire, and one man had to ride through the night to save it. Delaware's delegation was split, one for independence, one against, which meant the colony's vote canceled itself out. The tie-breaker, Caesar Rodney, was 80 miles away in Delaware. He got word that he was needed and rode all night through a summer thunderstorm, sick and in pain, boots and spurs still on, and made it into Philadelphia just in time to cast Delaware's vote for independence.
The other holdouts fell into place too. In Pennsylvania, the men most opposed, including John Dickinson, deliberately stayed away from the chamber so their colony could swing to yes. South Carolina came around for the sake of a united front. When the roll was called, twelve colonies voted for independence and not a single one voted against. New York simply abstained, waiting on permission from home.
And so, on July 2, 1776, it was done. The colonies had legally, officially declared themselves free. The next day Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that this day "will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival," with "pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations." Fireworks and all. He was describing the Fourth of July two days early.
So why do we celebrate the 4th? Because that's the day Congress approved the final wording of the document explaining the decision, the Declaration of Independence. The vote to be free happened on the 2nd. The paperwork got finished on the 4th, and history remembered the paperwork.
The country was actually born in a rainstorm and a roll call on July 2, thanks in part to one sick man who refused to let a tie decide the fate of a nation.
@ApexSeeker_ In my experience theyre being nice. So I just say, yeah sure! Let me know when is good for you and leave it at that. If they mean it they will message you and tell you the plans.
@DawnsMission That is normal where she is from, probably Japan. Something they did before Covid. How about we not take pictures of random people in public to shame them?
@ApexSeeker_ Yes!!! I love my 4 Runner. I am a little jealous though because Japan has other models like Land Cruiser 70 Series that we dont here and its not fair! ๐ซ๐คฃ