“I'm not quite sure why, but
July 4th had become much more meaningful to me as a holiday the older I've
gotten. I absolutely *loved* going to see fireworks as a kid, and I can still
conjure the feeling of sitting on my dad's shoulders wading through the crowd
at South Street Seaport, being awestruck and delighted by the sheer number of
people packed into a little space.
Maybe part of it is having kids
myself, and having the chance to see the delight in their eyes as they watch
fireworks, and walking through a small town parade with Kate and her family,
waving flags and singing songs and enjoying everyone in their red, white and
blue. But I also think that in the same way, as you age, you come to appreciate
the power of familial love more and more, as I've gotten older I've come to
appreciate the same for love of country. You love your family because it's
yours. Not because it's objectively the greatest family ever in history. Not
because it's the greatest collection of humans who ever inhabited the planet.
No, because you belong to them and they belong to you and you'd do anything for
them.
Happy birthday, America. Let's
try to be as good to each other as we possibly can be."
By Chris Hayes of MSNBC on All In, July 4, 2016
By Chris Hayes of MSNBC on All In, July 4, 2016
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