Fireworks, Freedom and Feeling Up: The Significance of the Fourth in 600 Words

Gyasi Ross
July 04, 2012
For many Indians, fireworks seasons is about freedom...
Steven Newcomb

July 4: A Good Time to Affirm Our Original Independence

Today, July 4, the United States of America celebrates its Declaration of Independence from the British Empire....

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July 04, 2012
Simon Moya-Smith

When Will Indians Get Their Independence Day?

It was last Saturday around noon and I was in no mood for banal blather....

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July 04, 2012

A July 4th Remembrance: Chief Black Hawk

ICTMN Staff
July 04, 2012
Bob Fahey (left) Tonya Jones, Donna Herr (back middle), Larry Cooper, and Jim Decker (right) unveil the Chief Black Hawk monument at Old Settlers Park Saturday June 30, 2012 in For...

Notes From a Single Mom: Independence Isn’t Always Easy

Lynn Armitage
July 01, 2012
Lynn Armitage Single, With Children There’s something about the Fourth of July that reminds me of my marriage. Must be all the fireworks...

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