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Brian K. Pagels's avatar

I love this country, but I am also thankfully several hours away from DC (as our family does every year to escape the heat and craziness around the holiday)

Glenn Cook's avatar

Same, Brian. Same...

Kevin Alexander's avatar

Great piece, Glenn! I was too young to remember anything about ‘76, but my whole life I’ve heard about how fun it was (for lack of a better term), despite everything going on. I mean we even got a cool quarter out of it!

I guess on some level I expected this year to be similar, but no go. Maybe in 2076…

P.S. I can smell that laminating machine from here.

P.P.S. I was a husky kid and wasn’t allowed to sit on the car, either.

Glenn Cook's avatar

Thanks, Kevin! Glad it resonated with you. I can only hope it won’t be 2076 before times are good again…

Jan Powell's avatar

Well written, beautiful piece! Hope you have an amazing 4th celebrating in a manner that speaks to you and Jill. 💕

Glenn Cook's avatar

Thank you, Jan!