pop flyin' AMERICA DAY

[Lambeth]

In my view, it's not just a celebration of the day we gained independence from England, but also a reminder that as a colony we defeated what was then the strongest empire in the world.

The colonies actually got a lot of help from the french, spanish and dutch, something that's usually not mentioned in US history classes.

[Kamak]

From my experience, France is almost always mentioned as helping, but their role is usually underplayed because WE WON THE WAR OURSELVES.

It'd be like saying Robin beat the Joker. We can't let that happen. Has to be the Bats that does it. Robin helped a little. When he wasn't busy eating cheese.

But it's funny that we don't really have much of a reason to hate the French (given our history), yet some people actually vehemently hate them. Might be because of our perception of WWI and WWII, but frankly, France could have taken Germany themselves by the time the Americans entered the war since Germany wore themselves the fuck out before we came. Basically the only thing we contributed (besides a high death rate) to the First World War was pressuring Germany to make a snap decision in fear of us EVENTUALLY backing up England and France.

[Madican]

In my view, it's not just a celebration of the day we gained independence from England, but also a reminder that as a colony we defeated what was then the strongest empire in the world.

The colonies actually got a lot of help from the french, spanish and dutch, something that's usually not mentioned in US history classes.

We did, yes, but the fact still stands that many of the decisive battles were strategized and led by American generals. The history doesn't gloss over the contributions of other countries, but we still had superior movements compared to the British.

Also France got a bad rap with early Americans because after they helped us out they kind of went completely fucking insane in their own revolution.

[Kamak]

Yes, but that didn't start our habit of characterizing them as cheese eating surrender monkeys.

[Exeres]

Mortars are the best thing, oh my god.

[Lambeth]

From my experience, France is almost always mentioned as helping, but their role is usually underplayed because WE WON THE WAR OURSELVES.

It'd be like saying Robin beat the Joker. We can't let that happen. Has to be the Bats that does it. Robin helped a little. When he wasn't busy eating cheese.

But it's funny that we don't really have much of a reason to hate the French (given our history), yet some people actually vehemently hate them. Might be because of our perception of WWI and WWII, but frankly, France could have taken Germany themselves by the time the Americans entered the war since Germany wore themselves the fuck out before we came. Basically the only thing we contributed (besides a high death rate) to the First World War was pressuring Germany to make a snap decision in fear of us EVENTUALLY backing up England and France.

also france didn't join america on it's war on terror in Iraq so america got back at them by calling french fries FREEDOM FRIES

[Exeres]

For the record, that was a government thing. Most of us civvies thought freedom fries were stupid as fuck.

[Kalekemo]

Freedom Fries can go fuck themselves, gimme some daisies french fries

[Lambeth]

I know, I just happened to live near DC at the time, so I got the brunt of the idiocy.

[Superior Bacon]

america is great everyone shut up

let's just love america

let's just love

freedom

[Kalekemo]

I was sick for MURIKA DAY, so instead I just stayed home and had some amazing patriotic cheesecake bars with blueberries and raspberries



MURIKA

[Exeres]

A screaming bald eagle just exploded on my front lawn.

[Superior Bacon]

THAT EAGLE IS TRULY EXPERIENCING THE 4TH OF JULY

GOD BLESS THAT EAGLE

[Kalekemo]

BATHE IN IT'S PATRIOTISM

[Exeres]

I am rubbing its red, white, and blue entrails on my crotch as we speak.