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The real meaning of Independence Day
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Redlands Daily Facts
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July 5, 2008
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We have an annual tradition on the Fourth of July.
For the past 15 years or so, we prepare picnic-style food and
head out to Lake Gregory, where we join about eight other families
and have a sort of tailgate party.
It is there we see people we haven't seen all year long. All of
our kids sit around and catch up on each other's lives, and the
adults do the same. We spend too much money on those glow-in-the-
dark necklaces that beam pink, yellow and green when it gets dark
outside. Then at 9 p.m., we settle down in our lawn chairs to watch
what is usually an amazing fireworks show.
This year, there was no fireworks show to be had. It may have
been a money issue or the fear of igniting a ...
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