Friends, Family, and Freedom

Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays.  There are lots of things that make it special.  One is it is a warm weather holiday and I love warm weather.  Secondly, it is full of family and friend get-togethers.  One of our favorite recent traditions (Debsue and I) is to attend Blossom and the inaugural Cleveland Orchestra season debut.  This year was no exception as we attended on Wednesday night.  Third and most importantly, it reminds us of the freedom we have in this country.  There are many places in this world where they do not have the freedom that we have in the USA (how would you like to be in Egypt now as they wrestle with those freedoms?).  Freedom that many men and women died for.  We need a day like Independence Day to remind us of this.  So it is not just a day off, but one to remind us of the sacrifice of freedom.  I took this video at Blossom to encompass what is best about this day.