Hello,
I just celebrated July 1st (Canada Day) over here in Canada. Canada Day is a celebration meant to remind us of the "birth" of Canada. Three colonies joined together to form a single Country. I love Canada Day, because there are always lots of fun events, BBQ's, beer, and Good Times. To celebrate, I had a couple of local microbrewery beers along with a local 100% grassfed, dry aged rib-eye steak. Served it up with home-made pork rinds (from a local pig) and fresh greens.
I hope that all of you Americans are going to do something to celebrate July the 4th, coming up in a few days. I think it is a pretty neat holiday (even though i'm not American)
In case any non-Americans don't know, July 4 is often celebrated to
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/fourth.html is a neat article about how it all came to be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States) Yes, it is Wikipedia, but it is pretty accurate from what I can tell.
As an entertaining interlude:
Top 10 worst National Anthems.
[video=youtube;3YMc87XQ4gM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YMc87XQ4gM[/video]
Worst Canadian National Anthem. This guy decided to sing 'O Canada' without EVER having heard it sung before. Best part is at the end when he belts out a super long loud note...and then nods to the camera as if it is impressive.
[video=youtube;KpXzASiXX8U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpXzASiXX8U[/video]
For all you Americans out there. What does July 4th mean to you? What kind of traditions do you have surrounding the holiday? Do you even celebrate it? How would you explain the national holiday to someone that has never celebrated it before?
Cheers,
Timbit
I just celebrated July 1st (Canada Day) over here in Canada. Canada Day is a celebration meant to remind us of the "birth" of Canada. Three colonies joined together to form a single Country. I love Canada Day, because there are always lots of fun events, BBQ's, beer, and Good Times. To celebrate, I had a couple of local microbrewery beers along with a local 100% grassfed, dry aged rib-eye steak. Served it up with home-made pork rinds (from a local pig) and fresh greens.
I hope that all of you Americans are going to do something to celebrate July the 4th, coming up in a few days. I think it is a pretty neat holiday (even though i'm not American)
In case any non-Americans don't know, July 4 is often celebrated to
. July the Fourth is also called independence day, as it was the day that America separated themselves from Great Britain. In other words, the day that America became the USA, and no longer a colony of Britain.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/fourth.html is a neat article about how it all came to be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States) Yes, it is Wikipedia, but it is pretty accurate from what I can tell.
As an entertaining interlude:
Top 10 worst National Anthems.
[video=youtube;3YMc87XQ4gM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YMc87XQ4gM[/video]
Worst Canadian National Anthem. This guy decided to sing 'O Canada' without EVER having heard it sung before. Best part is at the end when he belts out a super long loud note...and then nods to the camera as if it is impressive.
[video=youtube;KpXzASiXX8U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpXzASiXX8U[/video]
For all you Americans out there. What does July 4th mean to you? What kind of traditions do you have surrounding the holiday? Do you even celebrate it? How would you explain the national holiday to someone that has never celebrated it before?
Cheers,
Timbit