Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July!
It’s that time of year! Not just one to make flag fruit salad though (even though apparently Pinterest is currently showing red, white, and blue food as one of it’s top trends). But today we celebrate the flag itself and what it stands for. We celebrate American freedom! 🇺🇸
Here’s some Independence Day inspiration:
- The best 4th of July cake ever
- DIY 4th of July teeshirt (in case you don’t want to wear the same Old Navy one everyone is wearing)
- 10 awesome 4th of July tradition
And for your reading pleasure, a 4th of July poem by Walt Whitman:
I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.
Happy 4th of July!
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