Independence Day 2013
Lore has it that in 1900 sports cartoonist Thomas Aloysius “Tad” Dorgan… dubbed his bunned lunch “hot dog.” His subsequent caricature of a dachshund on a bun got the goat of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce, which instituted a policy of banning the term “hot dog” by concessionaires — insisting instead on the use of PC terms such as “Coney Islands,” “red hots” or “frankfurters.”… There are, however, some problems with this account.… The first printed references to “hot dog” occur in the 1890s…
…When the dozen or so activists began burning the flag, a group of counter-protesters approached them and they scattered like scalded dogs. One man, John Carroll, a resident of Ridgewood, Queens rescued the flag and challenged the little pricks calling them cowards. Watching the video warmed my heart.…
The FBI has canceled all vacations for agents over the 4th of July weekend. … According to our inside source — FBI agents are telling their friends and family members to avoid “official celebrations.” … federal agencies have sent out warnings to police departments around the country.…
…Planning on enjoying fireworks this Fourth of July? Thank America’s first veep: John Adams.
The Boston-born Founding Father, who would later serve as the country’s second president, was the one who spurred the idea to light up the skies each Independence Day.…
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.…