Temporary Archive: Suzanne Brockmann's Message Board

We celebrate the 4th because it is a watershed date when the colonies first became United and set out on a great adventure---I have always just thought it interesting that we don't celebrate the first battle of the RW or the day we won--but rather the day that, ostensibly, we decided to stand together--mostly, forgiving the majority population that didn't want anything to do with it (less than a quarter of the population participated in the conflict)