I love being American and I also love the 4th of July – it’s a favorite of mine (right up there with Christmas). There are many reasons/things/events that make me love the USA.
1. I love eating hamburgers and hot dogs fresh off the grill in the backyard with family and friends.
2. I love going or watching sporting events whether it’s football, basketball, soccer, baseball, or whatever else.
3. I consider Disneyland to be the Happiest Place on Earth.
4. I love and am grateful that I can experience freedom and sleep with little fear.
5. I love to go and vote.
Reasons why I love the 4th:
1. Refer to numero uno on the above list. It’s tradition to eat it on the 4th of July.
2. Running the Freedom Run.
3. Parades.
4. Fireworks, our own family ones and also Stadium of Fire.
5. Renewal of love and respect for our country.
This picture made me cry the first time I saw it and read the story. I don't remember the exact details but the jist is that this woman's husband was killed in war. It was the night before his funeral and she couldn't stand to leave him so the two soldiers or marines (I can't remember) asked if she would like to stay the night with him. She did, so they got an air mattress and all of the bedding so she could have one last night with her husband. They then stayed on watch all night.

I didn't tell the story nearly as beautiful as it was originally written but either way I am proud to be an American.