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It’s easy to make July 4 more about fireworks than freedom. But in many places around the world, the liberties we enjoy do not exist. It’s worth remembering the plight of citizens elsewhere who dream of freedoms now denied. Consider just four nations:
Justin Sorg for midwest voices. Garvey Scott/The Kansas City Star
Ahh, the Fourth of July! I love the smell of fireworks in the morning; it smells like victory. Get prepared; we’re going to observe Colors at 0800, complete with a full rendition of the National Anthem followed by a few verses of America the Beautiful. I love the Fourth.
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