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Independence Day 2021

This is Independence Day 2021 We are just going to have a “hi” and “bye” session today because – July 4, 2021.

Laura Beavers: That’s right.

C. K. Williams: You know, I learned some really cool stuff about Independence Day 2021 today. So, what I learned today about Independence Day, or about some people on Independence Day, was that people like James Madison and a few other statesmen of that time, who were a big part of waging war against England, thought that July 2 should be Independence Day.

Laura Beavers: And why is that?

C. K. Williams: Well, that’s actually when the Independence Declaration was signed and then ratified on the fourth day July. So, several of these men felt that July 2 should have been the day that we celebrate as Independence Day. James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, who were actually political rivals, believe it or not, (they butted heads quite frequently) but after there political careers, they actually became good acquaintances. Anyway, these two men thought that July 2 should be Independence Day. Oddly enough, both of those men died on July 4 – 50 years after this all came to be. Isn’t that crazy?

Laura Beavers: That is crazy.

C. K. Williams: They died on the same day.

We Declared Independence

C. K. Williams: Now, here’s something else I found out. You do realize why we declared Independence, right?

Laura Beavers: Right

C. K. Williams: The bottom line is that King George was very heavy-handed, if you will. He was taxing the colonies so badly that they couldn’t make anything. It went against what everybody who came here, planned to do. King George just wanted extra territory. And the people who were wanted freedom. So, the tyrant, King George, when he got his fanny handed to him, during the War for Independence, after that the some of the colonies would have mock funerals for King George every year for Independence Day.

Laura Beavers: Now that’s fu...