Courtesy of Jim Fallows. (c) 2019 The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
July 4, 2019
Our two great American holidays are, of course, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July.
They’re particularly American: Independence Day, for obvious reasons. Thanksgiving, because no one else observes it (other than Canadians, who have their own version on their own timetable), or can keep track of when it is.
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