Happy July 4th!

Summer's here, the weather is hot, celebrate!Whenever I think of July Fourth I immediately think of fireworks (and a paid day off.) :)

Until I looked it up on Wikipedia I had no idea that the fireworks 

• originated in China, 
• Ireland blasts fireworks at Halloween to keep away evil spirits  
• there are around 20 different visual fireworks effects and four different sound effects.  

 I'll never look or listen to a fireworks display the same way again!



What are your plans to celebrate Independence Day?

Remember this song? This catapulted Martina Mc Bride into stardom. Today, Martina is spokesperson for the National Coalition Against DomesticViolence.
 Warning: the video is a lttle graphic, song and video are moving (don't try this at home!)

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