To a Happy Independence Day!

Independent: c(1): Not requiring or relying on others, not subject to control by others (Merriam-Webster)                   


Today, the US commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence: Thirteen American colonies regarded themselves no longer part of the British Empire but as a new nation: the United States of America. 

A Salute to the Union is fired at noon by any capable military base.

In that spirit: to a Happy Independence Day!

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